Post when XPS M1330 ordered and when/if shipped

If it gets bumped back and then bumped back again, I'm with you. But if it really shipped on the third, after waiting 5 weeks three more days won't kill me.

 

Please keep on commenting on direct2dell and express your concerns there! 136 comments about a simple little update so far! Make our voices HEARD!

 

We also may be seeing an update on engadget soon about this. I've been in contact with one of the editors about getting something out.

 

Thank you so much for spreading the word to other news outlets about this!

 

many orders will get bumped past 8/3/07 and way way way back

 

it already was on engadget..... a couple of days ago

 

Blah you updated that blog yet ? I think that he said he wanted new pics on there before Sunday

 

All that was on engadget was that it may be delayed a month. This would be about the direct2dell blog, dell lies (different back ordered parts from different csr's), failure to ship systems that were ordered first, and the on going new "ship dates". Basically horrible customer handling around the m1330 launch with reference to the xps 700 problems from the past (similar issues).

Latest engadget article...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/22/dell-m1330-shipping-delayed-a-month/

 

Really? I can't find it.

 

Um.... There haven't been any new pics though right? You have access too!

 

Don't believe this guy he is clueless... tells us all his FRIEND is Miachel Dell's assistant.

My friend is Michael Dell.

I call BS... spread your manure somewhere else.

 

Awesome post Blah... Alfred Poor is Da Man!

 

I don't think he said that - I think he said he works in the same office.
I think he has a source but I am not convinced that the source's info is completely accurate. That is all there is to say about it - no need to get personal.

 

It is an interesting read - but completely omits to mention that the viewing angle is listed as being much more (which may in turn also mean that more light is required for a given brightness).

If there is an LED screen shortage then maybe Dell would like people to talk the demand down a bit - especially if it turns out that we have been under the mis-understanding that the M1330 LED backlit screen saves power.

 

My delivery is now gone to 10th of September... Was 2nd of August originally. I'm in France. That will leave me so time to compare it with the Asus V1s and V2s. So that's maybe not so bad, I won't regret my purchase this way. Anything to try to cheer me up!!!

 

His statement "many orders will get bumped past 8/3/07 and way way way back" is completely fictional.

Initially I did'nt call him on this (like others) but his perpetuation of fiction as fact has to stop. Why discourage anyone getting thier machine?

What kind of a statement is "I think he has a source but I am not convinced that the source's info is completely accurate." Are you saying that he's accurately representing an uninformed source?

Wow thats so much better than me saying he's making this up.

 

Dude... major bummer. Lets hope they deliver early!

 

It's OK... we're all use to this 2 day notice "+30 days EDD". Mine did the same this morning 1st August -> 7th September. Exactly 2 months since my order.

 

well as of right now my order status through the phone is in BUILD yet only 36 hours (give or take) till I am supposed to ship
no delays via email, phone, or anything else

 

In your very next post you are sympathizing with someone who just did get their order bumped back substantially.
We have multiple sources of information here (not to mention speculation) and we all try and weigh them up and it is natural that different people will come to different conclusions.

HCW stated that there wasn't a glass shortage. I think that he was probably told that and it was probably correct for the US market at the time he was told it. i.e. display units have been allocated to the US by reducing the supply elsewhere. That doesn't mean it was true two weeks ago or two weeks from now. It may hint that it is not the main problem (if there is any one big problem). The main problem could be something holding up production on the lines. It could be shortage of red ad white casings.

He told us that EPP and educational orders were going to be processed slower. I doubted that information except in that there had been abuse of the educational programs and that might add scrutiny to some of those orders. It may also be that head office has made a decision to prioritize non-EPP/educational orders but it has not been carried out, or not carried out yet. Or maybe it was just an idea that was being bandied about around the office. The suggestion by others here that once an order is passed to the factory it is treated equally seems very plausible to me. I suspect as soon as an order is into Build then it is past any such prioritisation.

He told us that orders would be heavily delayed... well this may not be what we want to hear but that isn't a reason to shoot the messenger. A lot of people here ordered early so may not be affected as badly as more recent orders. But I think there may be a trend - at first orders were delayed slightly or rolled over week by week - but after the size of the problem became clearer to Dell and they got more stick here and elsewhere they may have changed the policy and decided to give more pessimistic estimates.

 

I think its ridiculous that you would defend this guy who tries to pass off his "source" that is no more legitimate than some newly hired CSR (if the "source" even exists to begin with), especially considering the information he is spewing out.

If you sum up all the shortages that people have been told, you can just about build an entire system (from hinges to case color to LED backlight to processors, etc.). How is his statement of a glass shortage any more significant than what other people have been told? (Hint: answer is it that it isn't)

His EPP statement is laughable. One of the two people on this forum who has their M1330 was through EPP and my order through EPP progressed immediately into the build stage within the very first hour that it was placed.

Orders would be heavily delayed? Did you really need someone to tell you this common sense fact? Kimo and others are not shooting the messenger because of this common sense message, but the fact that this arrogant poster is somehow trying to say that his source is somehow legit because it comes from some mysterious higher up position guy and yet the information that comes out is ridiculous.

 

Tileman...did dell send the new replacement screen for your pixel dead LED screen yet?

 

Delayed from 3rd August to 12th September...

I'm not sure if i'm going to cancel... but i'd like to kick some Dell's asses...

 

Firstly, I have been saying there is a LED screen shortage and others a general industry glass shortage. HCW quoted his source as there 100% isn't a glass shortage. So you seem to be in agreement with him on this and not with me. Yes the CSR people have listed just about every part as being back-ordered and I do not consider them reliable sources - they are probably just trying to hang onto their commissions. However there seem to be some more believable info on shortages. Several different people have been told by sources other than CSR people that there is a glass shortage. This is supported by removal of LED as an option in some countries - we know Dell practice demand management in this way. It makes sense that the LED display may be in short supply as it is newer technology that will probably eventually make it's way into most laptops and is used in several recent launches. Ditto the fingerprint scanner (aka palmrest?).
It also seems that all or most machines that have been shipped have the black lid. This is harder to understand surely Dell organised supplies of the red lid before launching?? Or are the colour Inspiron lids coming from the same manufacturer(s) and causing a backlog?

I tend to try and reconcile differing pieces of information rather than plain rejecting them - few people make things up completely. I won't be surprised if HCW has over-stated the importance of his source (that is why I questioned whether it was corp HQ or corp sales) and he does tend to come off as a bit arrogant but people are diverse and I am cool with that. Also it is entirely possible that HQ are not that well informed - especially if the information comes from watercooler rumours (his informant may not be directly involved with the M1330 launch). There may also be a whole load of office politics going on. Whoever is responsible for screen supplies might spread rumours that something else is short to try and get rid of some of the heat.

One other possibility is that it is deliberate misinformation from the source. If Dell are short of something then having the competitors find out may result in the competitors going and deliberately exacerbating the shortage.

The Drake deal issue very likely got to HQ and probably resulted in a lot of corridor chat. There were a bunch of cancellations which might have resulted from a HQ decisions on how to handle that. This is a case where there may be some truth which got distorted and exaggerated.

 

The blog is slightly inaccurate sadly.

Dell does compare both the M1330 screens! The LED is 300 nits and the CCFL is 220 nits.

 

No not yet. They told me that they are on back order. I told them that they needed to take care of all the prior orders first since I do have a system and i am in no hurry. Its only one pixel so i can deal with it. I would rather see some people get their systems before I get mine fixed. I just want it fixed eventually.

 

my ESD is 7/27 according to the last CSR I talked to, come yesterday. No email , no call from DELL. Check the online status still "in production" and ESD 7/28. Use the chatline, and he said that this:

"I can see that the current estimated shipping date for this order is 08/03/2007.

I further checked and found that the palm rest & LCD Central Hinge Cover are not available."

What the heck? So there is some other status limbo somewhere that only CSR can access. This is really poor customer communication.

 

Nalada,

I dont mean to jump in here but, if you go back to the source of this, you will see it all seems to have escalated from when HCW decided to insult me. He did it plain as day and it was a result of a prediction I made regarding order changes that I believed would occur; well these seem to have occurred exactly how I have said.

As much as Kimo and Notebook guy and about 10 others have had to say about the information posted by HCW, remember the basis of his information insults and discredits others. I can list no less than 20 flat out insults that he throws at people without bearing, and mostly its those new to the thread.

His claim that he knows someone from the corporate end may be true, but his corporate guy has fed him so much BS its rather laughable; he then tries to ram his beliefs down our throats.

Myself, I have a very close contact in a very high position IN CANADA. As much as I would like to discredit myself and just slink into the crowd, well, it seems all of my thoughts and predictions, especially as it pertains to the Cdn situation, has been bang on. As a result I have so many thank you power points, I cant keep up (What do they do anyway)

In any case, dont get me wrong, everyone has the right to their words and we all can weigh it one way or another, we just dont like to see anyone claim to be 'the source' ram it down everyones throat and then turn and insult others without reason.

Think I may be a bit off?? Just right click on his handle and pull up other posts. Already this morning he has started to push:

A few memorable quotes though from this man with such good contacts...

1. Dell owns the BBB. Good luck with that.
2.Stop waisting your time calling peon dell reps they don't have a clue at whats going on.
3.I am not worried the same thing happened over at slickdeals when I posted the truth. Seems like people are scared of the truth for some reason.
4.Corporate contact yesterday we talked for about 30 mins.
5.I hope that you have got your boots on cause it's getting deep.
6. It's the truth ... Watch people that ordered with educational discounts will be the last to get there laptops. I don't play around with peon Dell reps and only deal with Corporate reps in round rock .
7.The direct 2 Dell blog site doesn't have one thing thats true on it.
8.I will call tomorrow and try to get an update .

I fell like Letterman but it goes on and on.

I really feel sorry for him because its like...swarming someone but he just doesnt stop.

Check this post from this morning:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=147143&page=2

He just needs to take some advice...STOP!!! Stop insulting the newbies, stop BSing those who know and stop trying to make people believe!!!

My own question...if he has such a good corporate contact why is he still cancelling his orders to find a better AMEX deal???

I respect you Nalada but...sorry hes off the island.

 

I'm too lazy to type out a well-thought cohesive response.

Basically whatever Flamenko, Kimo and Notebooknewbie have said :wink:




EDIT: On a side note, we have doubled the sticky for total views, lol

 

Fine believe the trolls! All they have done for the last week is trolled everyone of my post and called me out daily. I work in the media and do have sources that work in the corporate office . If you don't believe me then I really don't care cause I am not here to make little internet friends . All one would have to do for proof that I speak the truth is to go to slick deals and look at my past post . Who posted the exact number of 360's that ingram micro had before launch ? That's right it was me and that's not the first time I posted insider info on a website . I have better things in my life to do than to try to start a fight on this board like Flame and others are trying to do . I will not stoop to your classless level. I will stay right here and post the truth from my corporate contacts at Dell cause somebody needs the truth and they are not getting it from the people who are here only for one reason and that is to bait others into a fight. Good day

 

Man I told you I was lazy!

And now I have to read another novel! ahhhh I'm trying to be ANTI-productive here....rough morning after a rough night


What do SD and Xbox 360's have to do with anything? People are arguing that your DELL source is inaccurate. Most people aren't even saying you yourself are lying just that your mistakenly taking your "source's" information as truth.

 

Want the Cliff Notes version next time ?


Get some sleep

 

I need the Cliff Notes version of this whole damn thread! Lol

 

Guys!! I dont want to take sides here (sounds like something in school!) But why would he want to lie about this?
I also dont want to start a new argument, leave it as that, beleive it or not

 

Maybe some hand holding, Kumbaya , and some hugs will fix this situation.


...can't be mad when you're singing Kumbaya

 

guys seriously "internet arguing" is pointless...because here is the final truth...

at the end of the day...neither of you still have your m1330's (hell 99% of us dont)

so it doesnt matter who is right or wrong because nothing is going to get you to have one faster so might as well just keep on posting about specs/updates on prod. stages/ etc.....sorry to say but a computer isnt life threating or anything to bicker about...but hey thats just my two cents....take it as you will

in other news: did anyone get a confirmation that HDMI will in fact pass audio?

 

internet arguing is fine debates are what forums are for but the trolling is what needs to stop .


We should get Clie and Tile do HDMI test today cause we still don't know if it will pass audio.

 

REP+1 !!

 

I"m going to have to agree and say just post what you want and let the readers decided for themselves what is true or not. Not one person here can tell what info is correct or not. HCW could very well possibly be very right. But he could be wrong too. But we have no way to prove true or not, so sitting and argueing about something that we cant prove is non productive and slandering isn't what this forum is for.

CMSUDave I said the same thing a couple thousand post back when ther ewas a heated arguement there.

Back on Topic. It be cool if we could find out if audio is out of HDMI. I also asked Cliegal to see if the system memory can be shared with the 8400 video card at all in the bios.

 

I think Turbo Cache is software controlled - it'll detect whether you're in a 2D or 3D environment and dynamically allocate memory as it requires. I'm not sure if you can set how much memory to allocate at all through the existing drivers.

 

Is the turbo ram worth $24 ?

 

What's turbo RAM? Did you mean TurboCache? Or the Intel Turbo memory module?

 

Turbo Ram = Nvidia dynamic Video memory
Turbo Memory - Intel Robson Technology

 

That's TurboCache, not Turbo RAM. And it's not a feature you can select at will.. If you have RAM greater than 1 GB, and the Graphics card requires more memory, it'll use it.

 

SO its more software based and not set in bios how some dell laptops with video cards you could set the amount of system ram to share with the video card. Is there any reading about this. Iwould love to read about it.

 

here:
the m1330 will ship in another month or so.

 

That's funny

 

Same here! I actually haven't been keeping up with this thread at all the past few days.

 

brother's order status: Build
order date: July 5th, 2007
estimated ship date: August 8th, 2007
estimated delivery date: August 13th-15th, 2007
brother's mood:

 

After being in boxing for 3 days, my order went back to testing. Lol, what the heck is going on?