Anticipation...

Okay. Decided to step all the way up, and go "mobile" at the same time. Well, semi-mobile anyway.

Ordered system 3/31/06, web site estimated ship date 4/11/06.
Screen and vid card pushed ship date back from 4/4/06, but will be worth it.

As of 4/5/06 still in phase 3.

Specs:
[1] Aurora™ m7700

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service / AlienAutopsy / Respawn
Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD Clearview Display with Built-in Camera
Motherboard: VIA K8T890 + VT8237A Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Video/Graphics Card: 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7800 GTX
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 200GB (100GB x 2) 7200 RPM SATA
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Secondary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS PCMCIA
Primary Battery: Alienware® m7700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Additional AC Adapter: Alienware® m7700 220 Watt Auto-switch AC Adapter
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Wireless Network Card: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card
Wireless Routers: Buffalo 125 High-Speed Mode™ Wireless Cable/DSL Smart Router
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad

Can't wait for GeForce Go 7900 GTX to come out to get a 20-30% video boost for a couple hundred bucks!

Phase 5, 4/6/6. Yeeehaw. Had sent email asking if ship date was still 11th ( at 6 am), noticed phase 5 at 9 am, got auto response email at 12 pm, got real person email at 4 pm saying "normally 5-7 business days". Just wanted to make sure nothing was on back order...getting closer!

It's Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas....

I'm like a kid with a week to go until Christmas...I could get my hands on the new baby by next friday!

Hey, saw two more announcements on the Go 7900 GTX yesterday, too..

Wonder what the cost will be?

Could have it by next friday...man am I psyched...

So close now we can taste it...or is that just lunch?

We could be trading benchmarks on Saturday!

Chazman's review of the fx60 without the raid and half the ram
got 7078 3DMark05, 5597 PCMark05, ~4100 3DMark06.
I expect to meet the 3DMark numbers and beat the PCmark05 number slightly.


The key to happiness, of course, is low expectations...

but not with the price I'm paying!!!!!

hmmm still phase 5...guessing won't ship tomorrow. Won't have it this weekend in any event. Bummer.

Patience ...hard...whole..week...still at phase 5....need killer system....

Phase 8 as of this AM...wahoo!

Phase 8 yesterday...phase 9 this AM!

Almost here...

fedex pre delivery alert received...system musta shipped even though
still says phase 9

now i just gotta hold out until the 20th...

its official...phase 10...changed from phase 9 after 6:30 pm east coast time, too

i've got tracking numbers...hopefully all will arrive safely and my phase game will be over thursday.

YESSSSSSS!!!!!

fedex shows arrival at their facility at 11:20 pm last night (?).

Elvis has officially left the building!