So I thought I'd share here: Dell called my cell phone but I was in a meeting and couldn't pick up. I called back later and asked "so why did you call me?" The guy on the phone didn't really seem to have a clue and said "oh, I guess because this is backordered and won't be available 'till december". I said I know that and it's not a surprise. I pressed him for any other reason but he couldn't find anything on the account.

Crossing my fingers that the phone call was just someone being over zealous about following up on a delayed item, but I am nervous now.

UPDATE: Dell called back again, turns out they were just verifying the order since I had given my business address as the shipping address and not the billing address. I think it's all squared away now.

As an added bonus, I asked the Dell rep "Still planning on shipping on the tenth of December?" and he replied "No sir, it will ship in 3-5 business days."

I said, "but hey, this is a preorder and they said it would ship in Dec.?!?"

"No sir, that is just an estimated date generated by the computer. It will definitely ship before the tenth."

"So it will definitely ship in 3-5 days?"

"Yes sir."

*drink*