@ maxximuscool, I thought you said you got yours a few pages back in this thread... maybe i thought you said you got it, but you may have said you got the shipping confirmation. that sucks dude that they keep toying with your emotions ( i ordered back on sept 17 and it was cancelled by them and i had to re-order ). Well just to let some of you know, although I'm not sure how useful it may be. I actually cancelled my second ordered from amazon once i got wind ( thanks to twitter ) of a deal on dell, which at first struck me as odd since they already had the "low price deal with coupon code", which didnt look appetizing with the LATE ship date) . I decided to at least entertain the idea that they would have it , so i called to see if it was in stock, so after a loooong wait time last night ( in korea so I'm a day ahead of state side time) they said yes sir its in stock and we would like to help process this order. well to my amazment i was ready to do it but price was gonna be the kicker becuase due to technical difficulties i got my order with amazon adjusted to $497,... but they cut me off mid sentence ( very overzealously though ) to say i would get it from them for $449 ... so i asked.. what is it after sales tax, they said thats it sir .. well needless to say i processed the order and cancelled my amazon order since it was in stock and i was told it would ship out in three days or so, then i would get it by no later than the 15th ( free shipping as well) so even though my deal with amazon was sweet with the est delvery date of 9 Dec, which i'm sure would've gotten pushed back like every body else's dell saved me cash and had it on hand so it worked out for me.