how to pass time while waiting? :)

i guess there are lot of people out there waiting for their inspirons and vostros and xps. so how do you pass time? stupid thread, but i guess thats my way of doing it still expecting this might throw interesting answers!!

 

I spend it by expressing my dissatisfaction about the m1330 wait times on direct2dell and other media outlets!

 

Well, i have to go to school. Starts 6th August....
Estimated delivery date is 03/09/2007 (DD/MM/YYYY) so i have a whole month left, although i hope dell will deliver my vostro 1500 earlier

 

I just keep reading and viewing the same XPS m1330 reviews and pictures again and again lol.

 

That's what I'm also doin' , view pictures and reviews over and over again but that makes me want my vostro even more

 

i even keep calling dell reps twice or thrice a day asking about my delivery status. sometimes i encounter the same rep more than once.. and the guy asks "didn't u call before?" and i reply" nah"!

 

i just keep checking the reviews of my inspiron 1720 and chekcing the status tool every single hour , also commenting about the satisfaction i'll get when i recieve it, ordered 7/18, shipping 8/2

 

Well... I handled the initial wait pretty good, up until the weekend right before it was supposed to ship, I started to get excited. Then it didnt ship. Now Im experiencing the same thing, except.. My order has made no progress.. and is giong to be delayed for a second time.

 

Ya'll are waiting on something ?

 

Buying a notebook is like buying a car, if not more exciting, so yes I am waiting

 

not "on" but "for" something!!

 

I'm cleaning up my old Inspiron 8100. Deleting unused programs, moveing things around, offloading huge backup files to a network drive. Doing lots of regular maintenance like removing spyware and defragging. When my new machine gets here I'll be ready to transfer all my old computing baggage to the new machine. Then let the tweaking begin!

Oh, and there IS always work.

 

what if the prices of the system u've ordered are slashed by a significant amount? what would you do then??

 

Playing NCAA 2008 on the Xbox 360

 

Just call the 1-800-433-9014 automated status number.. its the most accurate.. When it says your system is in boxing then its over the pacific coming to the dell facility in the US.. then cables, manuals put together and put on carrier. Once you see it in boxing stage you should be able to get a tracking number in a few days. Other then that its pretty fruitless calling.. unless you just like to torture them.

 

to kill my time i call dell and complain lol. they wont give credit back for canceled orders and it has been 5 days.

 

You mean.....unless you like to torture ourselves don't you? LOL...

 

Ooh, I like this topic. This has actually been a problem for me since I'm supposed to be finishing some highly overdue work this summer, so this is how I *should* be passing the time... however, I just can't do it on the computer that I'm borrowing, since it's not mine and it's not configured the way I want!
So I pass the time trying to figure out with laptop I'm going to buy instead so I can finally have my own laptop and CHAINSMOKING... since this is what I would've been doing had I been working this whole time anyway. I wish there were support groups in the area for this kind of thing. Maybe I could try church today and see if praying helps? Nah, probablly that will make the time go by slower!

 

I spend it by faithfully hunting for reviews.