Re: O.T. Dell M6300 Shipping Delay(s)

On Nov 25, 4:00 am, BobCP <ctcboa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have the exact same problem, and can hardly believe it.

I ordered an M6300 T7700 2.40 GHz on 9-25-2007... was supposed to get
it within 21 days... on 10-21-2007 I received a message that the order
has been delayed, and will only ship on 11-27-2007... last week on
11-23-2007 I got a message that the computer has not been shipped yet,
and probably will not be shipped any time soon. I couldn't believe
what I was hearing -- can anyone tell me what could cause this to
happen, and if they've heard of similar situations in the past?

Thanks,
Ofer.

In this world of just-in-time manufacturing, I'm surprised there aren't
more delays. All it takes for a line to "go down" is one non-redundant
supplier to fail to deliver. And that supplier may depend on another
and another. It's a very fragile supply chain.

I've bided my time and not said anything of recent times, but the last
month's events have proven very interesting to me and maybe it will be
of use to some other SolidWorks users.

I've elected to "stay put" for now on Laptops, in spite of my M60
being a bit "old", because the options are becoming wider, & the
"cost" of my latest "PC" was $189, which is what I paid for the Mac
Leopard Family Pack for the latest OS release out about a month
back.

I am using a 15" MacBook Pro 2.16 Ghz with WinXP using Boot Camp w/
Mac's Leopard 10.5 OS, and the performance and usability for my
simpler smaller 3D CAD work is just great (& this is a 2 year old Mac
laptop). It is no worse than my M60, but I've not timed anything in
any formal way.

From what I've seen, it will not be long before I cease using a Dell
at all and run all Windows stuff on my MacBook Pro. The only
concession on the Mac that I make is using a small external PC
keyboard if I know I'm going to do a lot of work. I also use a small
3 button scroll wheel mouse from RadTech whenever I do any CAD work.

The negatives of doing what I do are slight, but the positives are
that I don't have to buy and maintain two $4k laptops, and I don't
have to lug 2 of those damn things around. Windows can also be run,
if only for non-intensive uses, as a program inside Mac OS X 10.5
using virtualization with Parallels or VMWare.

The real issue that makes running Windows on a Mac a BIG plus for me
is that I can "sandbox" the Windows running native on its own
partition or in virtualization, and I never have to let it on the
Internet except for one time to register, and thus I never have to
leave Anti-Virus and so forth turned on. I have had virtually (not a
pun) ZERO downtime with this setup. I actually enjoy using Windows in
this environment, because it never hangs or crashes, though SWks does
ocassionally quit, but rarely (still using Swks 2006).

Given that Apple is likely to announce a 13" high end laptop this
January, I may upgrade to that laptop, as it is supposedly going to be
about half the weight of the current MacBook Pro. Given what I've
seen elsewhere, if I need desktop performance, I can get it with a
MacPro Desktop machine, as some other users have noted.

What I really care about is not wasting time. Given that Apple gives
me the flexibility to chose what OS and how I run it, I feel that they
have successfully bridged the gap on performance for higher end uses,
and ease of use, coupled with the Mac's own OS & Application features,
many of which I like over other products I've tried.

I'm truly glad Apple is making hardware and software with a heavy
attempt to make it easier for the user to achieve higher performance
out of their computers. It is working.

Bo

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