It would have been really great to have a laptop for some upcoming projects starting next week. A new Sager not out by then. I was looking for a widescreen LCD.
The Dell Inspiron 8500 would fit my needs AND it could take 2 gig of ram. Well, you guys probably all know the delivery times; half of Dell’s options come with the little note "this option might delay your shipping time".
Then in some kind of a desperate attempt I thought I would be really smart (stupid me!) and order a D800 from the small business section. They don’t give estimated shipping times, so I figured that I would get one within a few days. Configured a nice D800, 1.6 GHz Pentium M, WUXGA15.4”, 60gig HD, 512mb, 64MB NVIDIA. Awesome!
(On a side note: Never understood why you can’t write the complete 'f' word. To say 'f-you' on TV or radio seems to be OK, although it means the same. Pathetic. 'to get screwed' is OK, right? But here is the solution: "to dell you" or "to get delled"
A few minutes after I submitted the order it got delled by Dell. Their estimated delivery time including 3-5 d free shipping was almost ONE month. So much for my delusional dream of getting a laptop next week. I never cancelled an order that fast before…
I don't understand how they manage to sell a single laptop with delivery times like that. Once you finally receive the laptop it's stone age material....
Now, I’m holding out for the new Sager
, unless I jump on an insane deal at CompUSA or Bestbuy on Memorial Day weekend and settle for less…
I got too excited when I noticed a new message in the News, Releases etc forum, but got kind of disappointed…
The Dell Inspiron 8500 would fit my needs AND it could take 2 gig of ram. Well, you guys probably all know the delivery times; half of Dell’s options come with the little note "this option might delay your shipping time".
Then in some kind of a desperate attempt I thought I would be really smart (stupid me!) and order a D800 from the small business section. They don’t give estimated shipping times, so I figured that I would get one within a few days. Configured a nice D800, 1.6 GHz Pentium M, WUXGA15.4”, 60gig HD, 512mb, 64MB NVIDIA. Awesome!
(On a side note: Never understood why you can’t write the complete 'f' word. To say 'f-you' on TV or radio seems to be OK, although it means the same. Pathetic. 'to get screwed' is OK, right? But here is the solution: "to dell you" or "to get delled"
A few minutes after I submitted the order it got delled by Dell. Their estimated delivery time including 3-5 d free shipping was almost ONE month. So much for my delusional dream of getting a laptop next week. I never cancelled an order that fast before…
I don't understand how they manage to sell a single laptop with delivery times like that. Once you finally receive the laptop it's stone age material....Now, I’m holding out for the new Sager
, unless I jump on an insane deal at CompUSA or Bestbuy on Memorial Day weekend and settle for less…I got too excited when I noticed a new message in the News, Releases etc forum, but got kind of disappointed…
