New M17x R4, M14X R2 and M18X R2 are coming - Speculation thread.

[BlueW01f]

Sounds super secret, was told I'd get no contact from the shipper until the laptop arrives due to restrictions in place *cough*cough* ETA 19th May. So delivery dates after then mean 'guaranteed' Ivy Bridge as others have said.

18% discount what do you guys think?

£2180.79 after tax and shipping for M18x R2

Alienware M18x Cosmic Black - Anodized Aluminum
(whatever replaces this)Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
English Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M SLI™
8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
HARD DRIVE 500GB 7,200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
18.4" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
DVD+/-RW (Read/Write)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 with Bluetooth 4.0
Primary 12-cell 96W/HR
3 Years Next Day In-Home Service with Premium Phone Support
3 years Accidental Damage Protection

Tried to see if he could do me a reasonably priced SSD i.e. not £600 for a 256Gb. But all he offered was 18% off everything which swallows up the discount everywhere else.

PS: He tried telling me installing the SSD myself would void all the warranties, smells of sales pitch?

[Dell-Bill_B]

Get the warranty thingy (cant remember the proper name) It is a world wide thing as I understand it. Someone please correct me if I have got this wron.

One thing: if your system is not sold in your country, we don't have parts or service for it in place. You would have to mail the system back to wherever it was shipped, and they would have to deal with the service. Not the best situation, but we have no support infrastructure in place in countries where we don't sell a product.

UPDATE:

Remember I explained about the 3 types of embargoes? Well, we've looked at the situation with a particular unnamed component that shall remain nameless. The messaging for customers and our front line agents is confusing. So, there will be no announcement today. When this embargo for the unnamed component lifts (currently targeted for April 29), we will clear everything up with one announcement instead of parsing them out on 2 different days.

To be perfectly clear, this DOES NOT change what I've said about not cancelling your order because you want to make sure the unnamed component which shall remain nameless is on your new system. I highly suggest if you have already ordered, do not cancel unless you need to for reasons other than component availability. Only cancel if you need to for other reasons is my guidance. If you are ready to order today, I would go ahead and order so you could get in line. All orders will begin shipping in early May. A certain unnamed component that shall remain nameless will be on your order provided you ordered after last week's announcement.

All this means to the bottom line is that nothing has changed other than we won't be announcing anything today, but rather we are targeting the next round of announcements for April 30 (6 more days).

Don't throw things at me. I'm already hiding under my desk.

[elsk10]

One thing: if your system is not sold in your country, we don't have parts or service for it in place. You would have to mail the system back to wherever it was shipped, and they would have to deal with the service. Not the best situation, but we have no support infrastructure in place in countries where we don't sell a product.

UPDATE:

Remember I explained about the 3 types of embargoes? Well, we've looked at the situation with a particular unnamed component that shall remain nameless. The messaging for customers and our front line agents is confusing. So, there will be no announcement today. When this embargo for the unnamed component lifts (currently targeted for April 29), we will clear everything up with one announcement instead of parsing them out on 2 different days.

To be perfectly clear, this DOES NOT change what I've said about not cancelling your order because you want to make sure the unnamed component which shall remain nameless is on your new system. I highly suggest if you have already ordered, do not cancel unless you need to for reasons other than component availability. Only cancel if you need to for other reasons is my guidance. If you are ready to order today, I would go ahead and order so you could get in line. All orders will begin shipping in early May. A certain unnamed component that shall remain nameless will be on your order provided you ordered after last week's announcement.

All this means to the bottom line is that nothing has changed other than we won't be announcing anything today, but rather we are targeting the next round of announcements for April 30 (6 more days).

Don't throw things at me. I'm already hiding under my desk.

Does this cover Dell worldwide or just US?

I have a quote for an M14xR2 in the UK and when I questioned about the unnamed component I was told my quote was only valid for the named component and even if the unnamed component was released I would still be given the component on the sheet.

[SpoonFb6]

Thanks for the update Bill.

[BorntoPumpGas]

GET OUT FROM UNDER YOUR DESK! lol I am sure I speak for everyone that we are gratefull for you keeping us updated and letting people in as much of the loop as you can and still having your job!

[Dell-Bill_B]

Does this cover Dell worldwide or just US?

I have a quote for an M14xR2 in the UK and when I questioned about the unnamed component I was told my quote was only valid for the named component and even if the unnamed component was released I would still be given the component on the sheet.

It warms my heart to see the front line is staying on message. However, as long as you placed your order after last week's announcement for one of the 3 new products announced- no matter the region- your system will ship in May or after with the desired unnamed component. If something totally wacky happens, and it doesn't, I guarantee you can reach out to me here. I'll make it so. But you won't have to. You're good.

[tazmission]

Sorry if a bit off topic; but if I were to order today; the EDD would be 05/22. When would my creditcard get charged? Right away or closer to delivery/when it's in production?

Also the 30 day return only starts ticking once it's out for delivery?

[aqeb95]

One thing: if your system is not sold in your country, we don't have parts or service for it in place. You would have to mail the system back to wherever it was shipped, and they would have to deal with the service. Not the best situation, but we have no support infrastructure in place in countries where we don't sell a product.

UPDATE:

Remember I explained about the 3 types of embargoes? Well, we've looked at the situation with a particular unnamed component that shall remain nameless. The messaging for customers and our front line agents is confusing. So, there will be no announcement today. When this embargo for the unnamed component lifts (currently targeted for April 29), we will clear everything up with one announcement instead of parsing them out on 2 different days.

To be perfectly clear, this DOES NOT change what I've said about not cancelling your order because you want to make sure the unnamed component which shall remain nameless is on your new system. I highly suggest if you have already ordered, do not cancel unless you need to for reasons other than component availability. Only cancel if you need to for other reasons is my guidance. If you are ready to order today, I would go ahead and order so you could get in line. All orders will begin shipping in early May. A certain unnamed component that shall remain nameless will be on your order provided you ordered after last week's announcement.

All this means to the bottom line is that nothing has changed other than we won't be announcing anything today, but rather we are targeting the next round of announcements for April 30 (6 more days).

Don't throw things at me. I'm already hiding under my desk.

Haha
gotta love this guy ^
Your posts make my day xD
Thanks for the info Bill
Hero's dont hide ^^

[Mr. Fox]

My package already has 1 Year Basic plan service , is there something i should add more ?

Go for at least 3 years Advanced warranty if you can swing it financially. You'll be glad you did. I got 4 years and it paid for itself at least three times over. It's an awesome warranty. If you add extra time to an existing system, it will cost a ton more money than adding it to a brand new (not yet delivered) system. If you need to cancel the order and re-order to get the lowest warranty price, might as well do that. That will also ensure you get the unnamed item Bill has us excited and curious about.

[GetFound]

I'm wondering if they will be shipping the unnamed parts as replacements for the current gen?? I.e. M18x R2 for M18x R1. I have to call today for failing proc and I'm worried about a delay in parts with all this model changeover. This is like part swap #4 so system might get swapped.