Seriously! How long does it take?

Posted on September 26, 2006
Filed Under Geeeek Stuff, Ranting

I decided that it’s time to order myself a new computer, give Paxton my existing computer, reformat the kids’ existing computer and set it up for Blake. So, I went online last night and ordered me up a new system from Dell. Let me first list for you all the options I have tossed in. While reading the list, try and come up with an estimate for how long it takes to build such a machine and, assuming Sept 25th was the order date, try and come up with a ship date. Don’t say it outloud, we don’t want to ruin the game for everyone…

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2.13GHz,1066FSB) with 2MB cache
2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
No Keyboard Requested
Video ready option w/o monitor
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Serial ATA 2 RAID 0 With Dual 320GB Hard Drives
No Floppy Drive Requested
Microsoft Windows XP Professional,Service Pack 2, English
Dell Application Back-up CD, Factory Install
Dell Media Experience 3.1 Basic
Complimentary courses: Look for EU icon
Windows Media Player 10
Dell Direct Download
Icon Consolidation Application
Internet Search and Portal
Image Restore
Dell Support
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
No Mouse Requested
No modem requested for Dell Dimension
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
48X Combo and 16X DVD+/-RW
Sonic Cineplayer
Roxio Creator Basic/MyDVD Basic
Sound Blaster Audigy MB Audio
No Speaker Requested
Norton Internet Security 2006 15 Month
NETZERO ISP
AOL for Broadband
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition,Dimension,DHS
1 Year Limited Warranty
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
Warranty Support,Initial Year
Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24×7 Technical Support, Initial Year
Serial and PS-2 PCI Adapter
Windows Vista Capable

Well, if you guessed October 24th as the ship date, give yourself a pat on the back.

Holy crap!! What on Earth could take so F’n long? Seriously, I would expect Dell to have all of these parts on-hand so it’s not like they have to order anything special. Everything I ordered was part of their online selection process. It’s not like I ordered some rare type of motherboard that is hand built by some sweatshop in Russia.

Ahh well, the wait begins.