Expecting twins! Phase 8 just began.

Hi all,

Great forum you have here. I've been lurking for about a month and finally decided that it's time to join the Phase Game now that my order has moved more than halfway through the phases.

On December 7th, my wife and I ordered identical Area-51 5550's for our home office. The only difference between them is that she ordered Plasma Purple and mine will be Cyborg Green.


Our estimated shipment date was December 23rd, but I didn't take that date seriously after checking out this forum and watching so many slowly move through the phases.

Last night we moved from Phase 7 to Phase 8, so at least we're seeing some progress.

I look forward to suffering and agonizing here with the rest of you!

Thanks for the welcome!


I just checked and we're now in Phase 13 as of this morning!



And now our twins are truly identical because they didn't have the Plasma Purple case in stock for my wife, so she decided to get the Cyborg Green case like I'm getting.

Here's the specs of both of our systems.

[2] Area-51® 5550

Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case (480-Watt PS) - Cyborg Green
Cable Management: Alienware® Cable Management System
Power Supply: Alienware® 480 Watt Power Supply
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550 w/ HT Technology 3.4GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Alienware® PCI Express Motherboard with Intel® 925XE Chipset 1066/800MHz FSB
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Graphics Processor: ATI RADEON™ X600 XT PCI Express 128MB DDR w/Digital and TV Out
Video Cooling: AlienIce™ Video Cooling System - Terra Green
System Drive: High Performance - Serial ATA - 74GB Western Digital® Raptor™ 10,000 RPM w/8MB Cache
Optical Drive One: NEC® ND-3500 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Recorder
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire (IEEE® 1394) - $15 Mail-in Rebate !
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Security Software: Norton™ AntiVirus™ 2005
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System
Keyboard: Microsoft® Basic Keyboard Black
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $99.99 Value - FREE!
AlienWiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - $99.99 Value - FREE!


Wow, Phase 13. Now I'm REALLY glad that we paid for FedEx 2nd day shipping because we're in central California. If they ship today maybe they'll be delivered on Saturday. Does FedEx deliver on Saturday??

Anyway, I'll post some good pix when the twins arrive.

Made it to Phase 14 today and received the tracking info. Says delivery will be Monday.

Wow, I don't recall ever looking forward to a Monday until now.

When I placed my order online, I selected FedEx 2nd Day instead of FedEx Ground because I knew that the wait would probably kill me. The shipping cost was like twice as much, but I'm glad I decided to pay the extra.

Just checked my tracking again and the two big boxes (plus a small box) just boarded a flight out of Ft. Lauderdale.