the beginning of my order

i just placed an order with alienware for my brand new laptop. here are the specs.
[1] Area-51m 7700

Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundle with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: called up on 4/14/05 to modify order and change to XPproMicrosoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530J w/ HT Technology 3.0GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR3 memory
Sound Card: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1 surround sound
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 120GB (60GB x 2) 5400 RPM ATA100
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Additional Battery: Area-51m 7700 Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Optional Display: No Monitor
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad

[1] Free Shipping Mail-In Rebate; on Alienware systems excluding peripherals - Continental U.S. Only
[1] $500 Instant Savings; On Select Notebooks!
[1] Special Financing Offer; 90 Days Same As Cash Financing with the Alienware Credit Card

SubTotal: $3,611.00
Shipping: $99.00
Discount: $500.00
Tax: .00
Order Total: $3,210.00

Phase completion list

Phase 1 04/13/05
Phase 2 04/14/05
Phase 3 04/18/05
Phase 4 (insert date)
Phase 5 (insert date)
Phase 6 (insert date)
Phase 7 (insert date)
Phase 8 (insert date)
Phase 9 04/25/05
Phase 10 (insert date)
Phase 11 (insert date)
Phase 12 04/25/05
Phase 13 (insert date)
Phase 14 (insert date)

spoke with alienware yesterday on the phone 4/15/05 and was doublechecking that the payment processing went smooth and to find out the estimated ship date. payment processing didnt go as smooth as planned, due to daily limits on the atm debit card, so it was processed in two seperate payments of $1643.00. after them charging the second amount to my card i aske dthem the estimated ship date and they said that it would be around 10 days or so.

just keepin ya updated

hehe. yeah i was gonna call them again today but forgot they dont work on weekends. its alright we all need a few days off, im glad i get mine, hehe.

so on monday i will post an update of the status

4/18/05 update

called this morning a spoke with a young lady named laura at extension 6066 to check current status of my ored. she informed that it had just entered phase 3. she said one it reaches this phase that it is approximately 7-10 business days for the laptop to be ready to ship.


i am so damn anxious,

ok i now have aproximately 9 more business days till shipping. YAY

HOLY CRAP ITS ALMOST READY
jumped to phase nine today
heck yeah

Just got off the phone with alienware and they said it has entered the qc stage and will be shipped either on the 26th or the 27 and I will have it approximately 4-5 days later. Heck yeah

just got the email saying it is phase 12

just got my fedex tracking number.
Apr 26, 2005 5:41 PM Package data transmitted to FedEx
schedualed delivery date is 5/03/05

well after looking around on fedexs website alot and giving them a call. there is no way that i will get my delivery today(one day early) because fedex home delivery only delivers tuesday-saturday. man that is a bummer
i cant even get fedex to tell me if the package is local ATM so i could go and pick it up. oh well what is one more day? it is friggin eternity in my book.

so i should expect my delivery tomorrow around 9am-8pm. real narrow time slot huh!!
hope fully it will be here sooner