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    Whats the average pre-production time?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by FujisawaGaijin, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. FujisawaGaijin

    FujisawaGaijin Notebook Guru

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    I ordered my m1330 on March 20th and after payment being processed it went into the pre-production stage on 3rd of April.

    It's still in that stage as of today...according to the Dell site anyway.

    Whats the average time for an order to spend in the pre-production stage?

    I'm not in a big hurry for it to be processed, just wondering how long it may take.

    Oh, not sure how big of a difference it makes, but my order was placed with Dell Ireland.
     
    FujisawaGaijin, Apr 10, 2008
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  2. Jesper

    Jesper Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know and ofcourse nobody but Dell can tell you exactly, but even if you knew I think it wouldn't be really useful.

    How long it takes before your laptop is produced highly depends on what exact configuration you ordered and on the availability of the parts. One day there's a shortage on batteries, the other day a shortage of a specific kind of LCD screens, and next on for example the Intel Penryn (T8xxx and T9xxx series) processors. It's hard to predict.

    What configuration did you order exactly?

    My XPS M1530, specs see in my sig below, was ordered on 29 March, went into preproduction immediately (I paid by credit card), went into production yesterday, and is currently on its way from Poland to me :D
     
    Jesper, Apr 10, 2008
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  3. ms500

    ms500 Notebook Consultant

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    My Vostro 1700 was in pre-production for about a day.

    I'm in the UK btw.
     
    ms500, Apr 10, 2008
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    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    Mine was 1 day pre production. It took longer to deliver than anything else. From order to doorstep took 1 week.
     
    Signal2Noise, Apr 10, 2008
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  5. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Hi,
    My 1530 was in pre-production for 1 day ;) :)
    It was in "production" the longest!!! ;)
     
    Cin', Apr 10, 2008
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  6. FujisawaGaijin

    FujisawaGaijin Notebook Guru

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    T9300
    LED screen
    3GB RAM,
    200Gb 7200rpm HDD
    9 cell primary and 6 cell spare battery
    8400 nvidia graphics
    bluetooth
    intel next gen n wireless

    it's STILL in preproduction! damn. lol

    though i wont be back in the country to pick it up from ym house until the end of May anyway, but jut curious how long it'll take to get done and delivered! lol
     
    FujisawaGaijin, Apr 10, 2008
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