XPS 700 BYO

Will it be able to be had w/ the latest AMD dual core processors or is Dell still have a nose ring lead by Intel?

I think I'd offer different performance levels with this sort of thing.  Something in the $200-300 range might sell more units and upgrades.    

Very nice machine Mary.  Looking at ordering one when I start grad school starting in October.  Impressive specs, and humble amused that the machine seems to be about half as tall as you are!

Cheers,
Johnny

XPS 700 shipping delay:

To the folks who have asked about the status of the XPS 700, wanted to first apologize for any frustration this has caused.

At this point, I don't have any newer information than what's been posted on the Dell Community Forum.  Stay tuned.  I'll provide more substantial details as soon as I can get them.  

Thanks again for your patience.

Paynesville MN Perfect I Might Even Buy One!!!!!!!

Good tour Mary. However, if you were really chatting with your customer base, you would realize that there is only one question XPS 700 customers want answered:  when will the system ship?

Dell has been accepting orders for this system since May, and Dell continues to accept orders without disclaimer and market the XPS 700 as if it were in production. Videos like this are a good example.

Stop trying to sell the product and ship the product.

I just want the computer that i ordered over a month ago...

Nice video, good to see the actual machine inside and out.  You did  mention a lot of hardware specifications for the XPS, like the 590 chipset, memory and video options but seem to have purposefully left out any processor details.

Now, you know there's a lot of speculation going on about the XPS 700 and Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo processors.  Michael Dell himself said the XPS 700 will have the Core 2 Duo.  I know all about the NDA with Intel, and the fact that "Dell does not comment on future product releases", but what gives?

Many people (including myself) have had one of these on order since late May/early June with Pentium D processors.  I'm not going to get into the "why is my XPS 700 delayed whining" but it'd be nice to throw your impatiently waiting customers a bone here, especially when your company's CEO is saying your flagship machine will have Intel's new goodies.  

If my (and many others') orders "flagship" Dell machines had shipped in a normal timeframe, there'd be no problem here.  However, since your "flagship" product was delayed for unknown-to-us reasons, and now the processor specs are no longer "flagship" worthy, what is Dell going to do about it?  

I'll wager your Factory Outlet is going to be flooded with XPS 700 returns if you ship out Pentium D processors in these at the price people paid for them.  True, some people got in on a fantastic 42%+ off EPP deal recently and perhaps they should be the ones to get Pentiums.  I'll be returning mine, unopened, should it be shipped that way.

I hope the XPS 700 is better than the XPS 600.  I don't want to get my comment blocked or removed, but I want to make note that I have had a tough time with my new XPS 600.  First, I am concernded about the construction.  The case opens easily and is easy to work with once open, but the case doesn't shut back easily.  It also has that cheap plastic door over the drives.  I am waiting for that to get broken when my leg bumps it.  
Second, I had a bad express pci slot that made my video card go haywire.  I spent over an hour on the phone with some guy in India.  He finally sent me another card after I restarted the machine about 20 times.  It was an hour I'll never get back.  I tried the new card and it didn't work either so I moved it to another slot and it did.  I now have a bad slot on a new PC.  I'm too busy to deal with it anymore now.  
Anyway, Dell is a great company and I love my 41/2 year old laptop.  My Dell desktop before that was great too.  That's why I bought this new desktop for $3000.  I don't know if I'll buy another Dell because it seems your quality has went down and your customer service stinks.  I'm glad to have Dell as an American company so please don't blow it.

Can someone give me a link where I can get into the build your own site for an xps 700?

I'll be going Dell for the first time if the BYO bare bones price is right.

I noticed the XPS 700 tech specs on mentione RAID 0 and RAID 1.  Since Dell is using the NVIDIA 590 chipset.  Will it also be able to support RAID 5 or RAID 0+1?

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_700?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Go to that page, hover over the "Design" and the last option in the drop down is the "Build Your Own".

:)

For some reason - the path I listed above is no longer working (Dell, fix you links).

Here is another link which does work.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/byo_xpsdt_700?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

WOW, only $1000+
No Dell for me after all.