What is the estimated shipping date for your 1420/1520/1720?

Even if they needed to ship barebone notebooks from China to build centers in the USA, there is no way it would take one month to get the parts, assemble, and ship.

 

I ordered my 1520 on 6/28, and the estimated shipping date has not changed since, which is 7/18.

Also I chose 2-day shipping, so it says estimated arrival date for 7/20, obviously. But I am leaving for vacation on the 20th. Do you guys think I should get the overnight shipping, or you think Dell might be early for some orders?

I think I might just wait until the 7/17 (the night before estimated shipment) and then choose overnight shipping. That way, if they do ship it earlier, then obviously I don't need to get overnight.

 

I would feel comfortable about you getting it earlier if i were in your shoes, dont go with overnight.

 

Dells website says that the laptop (1520) should be shipping on July 5, and should be at my door step on July 6th. Hopefully ill be getting it them. The specs are T7300 processor, 2gb ram, 160gb 7200rpm hd, 256mb video card, and a midnight blue finish with a 3 yr warranty.

The laptop was freeish because dell is replacing my current E1505 with the new model due to multiple problems ive had with it.

 

I cancelled my first EPP 1520 order (est 7/19 ship) and re-did it yesterday (Monday) so I could get the Wireless N option included (at no cost!) Ship date slipped 1 day to the 20th. It's a top configured gamer machine for my son...was $2136 Retail, $1555 shipped.

 

I am in Canada and I ordered the Inspiron 1520 yesterday but my order status page has yet to be updated after 24 hours. So I called in and they said some of the components are on backorder so she gave me an estimated date of shipping around August 2nd - August 7th. Totally Sucks.

My Specifications are as follows:
Base Unit / Unité de base:
Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 4M L2 Cache (223-0618)

Processor / Processeur:
Expresso Brown Color with Microsatin Finish (313-5397)

Memory / Mémoire:
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm (311-7215)

Monitor / Moniteur:
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD TrueLife for Inspiron 1520 (HIGH RESOLUTION) (320-5461)

Video Card / Carte graphique:
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (320-5639)

Video Memory / Mémoire de la carte graphique:
You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System (310-8628)

Hard Drive / Disque dur:
160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive (341-4769)

Operating System / Système d'exploitation:
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English (420-6556)

Operating System / Système d'exploitation:
Media Direct 3.3 (420-7024)


NIC / Carte réseau intégrée:
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron (430-0493)


CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive / Lecteur CD-ROM ou DVD-ROM:
8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (313-5197)


Sound Card / Carte de son:
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0 (313-4783)

Wireless / réseau sans fil:
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (430-2308)

Documentation & Diskette / disquettes et litérature:
Espresso Brown color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera (320-5466)

Option 1 / Première option:
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 1520 (312-0526)

Dell Travel ExpressCard RemoteControl, IR (412-0961)


Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod (430-2348)


I ordered it over the phone and I got it for $1725 CAD with taxes & shipped

 

Yeah the wait is killing us all.....

 

Ya im hopeing to get mine early next week. i realised that its not going be worked on on the 4th (at least not in america) so its shipping at least the 5th if not the 6th, 9th or even 10th of july.

 

Est. Ship Date: 8/6/2007

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Ordered the 26th of June, Estimated Shipment Date: 7/13

 

You have to remember they aren't only doing yours, the number of people that ordered the new dells is bigger than most expected. I work for a warehouse that basically resells different parts, all we do is basically repackage or add a couple of things. Any one of the orders would take no more than 1 or 2 days for a person to fill but there are so many orders that it takes huge amounts of time to fill the orders that just came in. (these aren't computer parts but it is the same idea) It isn't what you ordered that causes it to be a month(less most of the time) but it is all the people that ordered it before you.

 

also they apparently have to fully test your system to make sure it' sokay for shipment before they actually ship it.

 

right im assumeing thats where all the time comes in.

sure building the thing is a 1 day thing. shipping it to the USA takes 1-2 days more. And then they have to test it to make sure it works which can take anywhere from 3-4 days to actualy happen and finish.

 

Dell is a transnational company, correct? they should be able to pump out these laptops in less than a month, even if the number is very large. Im sure they employ a boatload of people.

 

For every order placed on dell, that is also 10 orders placed to suppliers(random guess).
There are huge numbers of employees, around 40,000 in the "Americas"(~87500 worldwide), and i still would not expect much less than a month. Although i do agree that a month is pushing it, my estimated shipping date is ~20 days after my order, 6/27 - 7/17.For my order they did meet that.
But with the work that goes into assembling a laptop(even if it is not anything special that is still time consuming), and then testing it, i think that they are doing a tremendous if they beat their estimated dates at all.

 

Dell works on a JIT inventory system, so getting the parts isn't the bottle neck. There are prob around 25 - 30 different suppliers used for the laptops so assembling everything should be the bottleneck. An article on another website said it takes about 8 minutes to assemble a laptop, meaning on person can make 6 or 7 in an hour.

 

well, about the Assemling-a-laptop-in-8mins thing. In the United States, we dont torture the workers anymore. Sure,its possible to work that fast. But it will work people to death. Stop being a Capitalist.

Oh,btw, Dell usually ships early than the est. dates.

 

8 minutes? that's a bit insane.
Testing should take longer though, i mean imagine booting up a system, installing all the software Dell wants to install and then test every part in the system, probably test the battery. polish off the laptop (most likely), benchmark testing to make sure the parts aren't duds, i'd imagine every testing laptop would take a worker probably 1 to 2 hours minimum.

 

My Est. date of arrival is 30/7/07. It is in production at the moment. Well hopefully they will ship earlier. Btw im in Canada.

 

sure it might take 8 minuets to assemble. and then 8 minuets after that it falls apart.

I would prefer that they make my laptop in an hour and then have it work. And i really dont beleave that it takes 8 minuets. Ive seen people on youtube put together a laptop again, it takes maybe 30 minuets.

 

Uhh, doesn't JIT still mean that they order as soon as you do basically? And if not, if they order in advanced, they didn't order enough because no one expected this volume of orders to come in. There are shortages of some parts that take a couple days here and there to fill.
How many orders would you estimate came in for the new inspirons?

 

Hi everyone. Ordered my 1520 here in the UK, and it's due on the 16th. What I was just wondering though is whether you have a 'pre production' phase on the US Dell site? Because I've not noticed anyone mention it on here, and mines been in that stage for a week now. Just curious.

 

No, at least i don't in Ohio. I have heard references to it and kind of wish they did have that clarification here in the US. But mine was in the production phase moments after i ordered it.

 

Ok thanks, I was wondering why everyone was saying there's was in production and mine was still waiting for parts to be delivered.

 

Hey buck, Im from ohio as well and when I ordered mine it was in pre-production for a couple days and then moved to "production" about 3 days ago.

 

Thats weird, i guess i may have just missed it, but i am fairly certain that they never had it listed as pre-production.

 

I'm from Indiana and mine was in Pre-Production for about a day and a half, so either they got the parts real fast or it's just some crap status they throw up on the screen to make us feel like they are doing something.. I dunno. I just want my laptop! Lol

 

I'm not quite confident about Dell's order tracking, last night my laptop was still listed as pre-production, and this morning I log on and it says its been in production since the 2nd.

Ordered 07/01 in Canada and shipping date is 07/17

 

I hate all you foreign people with your quick response times from dell and free healthcare...

 

My 1520 (ordered the 28th, estimated ship date of 19th) went immediately into production phase.

 

Aug 3rd est. ship date Does anyone have any idea how much earlier they usually ship? Has anyone gotten one yet?

 

Yeah no kidding. I'm gonna be really mad if people that ordered after me get there notebook before me. I'm new to the notebook world, I didn't think dell took this long to get you a laptop

 

I ordered my 1420 on 6/27 and my est shipping date is 7/22. I think I'll be happy as long as they don't pull a Lenovo-like delay on us.

 

Wow Dragoneye, I ordered mine on 07/02 and my shipping date is 07/30. I envy you since im from Canada too

 

It might just be the specific specs that I ordered. I'm speculating that the red colour isn't as popular as they thought it would be and there is a surplus.
I was expecting the worst when it came to the shipping date and was pleasantly surprised.

 

But we pay a lot more for our laptops , at least in the UK anyway.

 

generaly it goes "in production" after about 3-4 days after the "pre production" period. It also takes about 5-7 days for production as the dell agent told me. this adds up seeing as how thier 20 day l8r estimated shipping doesnt include weekends.

Mines been in production for 2 days now. so i can expect it somewhere between the 10th and the 13th.

 

Ordered today, expected ship date is august 2nd. Do i win?

 

Aug 2nd for me too... =/
School starts for me on the 22nd...kinda sucks that I won't have more time with my baby.

 

Well, In my presonal opinion no.
You got a screen that isnt HD nor is it the best for gameing. But hey if 1440x900 suits you then you win.

 

Good point the U.S. is definitely better, what was i thinking

 

what are you talking about my screen is equivalent to 720p if not 1080p. I think i win because my shipping date is so late.

 

I just ordered my 1520 and wanted to make sure everyone knows about the $350 off coupon.

Make sure you search for it if you didn't.

 

Well I priced out a 1520 on the US site before I made my Canadian purchase, and without extra coupons, the US version was like $200 more expensive. I was confused with that.

 

I ordered mine last night, and it is already in production. Estimated delivery date is July 18th

 

Do people think everyones will get moved up? A 14 day purchase to delivery time frame is a little ridiculous when mine is 40 days (Jul 1 - Aug 10 (delivery)) Nothing against you Qwerty4444

 

Hopefully it will be before the July 25th date they gave me. I bought it for my wife, she starts school that day? Anyone tell me if this one will be a good lap for the basic college necessity, internet browsing, and a few games every now and then? New to Notebooks, first one.

Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 1.66GHz, 667Mhz, 2ML2 Cache, 1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD, Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3000, Dell 926 printer, 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive, Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card, 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Prim, Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod, Special Offer - 10% off 1
466-5018 $100 Dell Dollars Code.

$1,318.74 after shipping

 

Is anybody's production date in the past?

My estimated ship date is in 2 weeks, but production apparently happened 2 days ago.

 

I don't mean to keep harping on this but some people should rebuild their 1520 with the coupon. I keep seeing configurations that should be much less.

Mine:

Quantity Item Number Description Unit Price

1 222-9008 Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 4M Cache $1177.10
1 313-5395 Jet Black Color with Matte Finish $0.00
1 311-7213 1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm $0.00
1 320-5462 15.4 inch Wide Screen WSXGA+ TrueLife LCD for Inspiron 1520 $0.00
1 320-5639 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT $0.00
1 341-4768 120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive $0.00
1 420-6556 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English $0.00
1 310-9093 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP INSP 1520 $0.00
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal $0.00
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application $0.00
1 420-6436 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp $0.00
1 420-6995 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP $0.00
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access $0.00
1 420-7024 Media Direct 3.3 $0.00
1 420-7244 Dell Support Center 1.0 $0.00
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron $0.00
1 412-0917 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron $0.00
1 313-5197 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive $0.00
1 420-6464 Roxio Creator Basic $0.00
1 313-4783 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0 $0.00
1 430-2307 Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card $0.00
1 320-5691 Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam $0.00
1 412-0968 Creative Earbud EP630 $0.00
1 412-0940 Security 30-day trial $0.00
1 312-0526 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 1520 $0.00
1 412-0933 AOL for Broadband $0.00
1 412-0934 Earthlink $0.00
1 412-0935 NETZERO ISP $0.00
1 412-0915 MS WORKS 8.5 $0.00
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty $0.00
1 950-9057 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 $0.00
1 987-5437 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year $0.00
1 983-3090 Type 12- Mail-InService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year $0.00
1 960-2780 Warranty Support,Initial Year $0.00
1 986-9327 Inspiron, No Dell On Call $0.00
1 466-7698 Thank you for choosing Dell $0.00
1 430-2348 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod $14.90
1 412-0943 Basic digital Music,Photo and Game experience $0.00
1 420-7091 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS $0.00
1 420-7092 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE $0.00
1 987-4817 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS $0.00
1 320-5806 Jet Black color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera $0.00
1 310-8319 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor $0.00
1 310-8628 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System $0.00

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Sub-Total : $1192.00
Shipping :
Tax : $71.51

Order Total :
$1263.51

 

the 350 off coupon isnt stackable so i dont see how their configurations should be less, as ordering the system through the university web site still stands as the best deal, although not by much. Using the home office site, the 350 off coupon only superceeds the instant $ off coupon ($318 for the 1420) only making the deal better by 42 dollars.