W-series shipping thread-2012 edition

[Pongo]

or not, its still sitting in kentucky.

[Pongo]

Sat in kentucky for 5 days and then got here to Canada in a day to make their date commitment.

Now waiting for my ram and SSD that I thought would beet the laptop here.

[Taxk]

Ordered on July 5th with a little customization.

Supposed to be shipped out on July 11th and delivered on July 18th.

So far no updates on the shipping date. I called and I was told it should change to a July 21st shipping date.

I've had a bad experience in the past (2 years ago) with a W510 I ordered and the screen was DOA. The FHD screen was obviously under warranty but it took a month to fix and they had to change the motherboard and the screen too.

This time, we'll see... but it's disappointing so far.

ThinkPad W530 - 1 Year Depot Warranty
	Processor Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)   Operating system   Genuine Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)   Operating system language   Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 - English   Display type   15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) LED Backlit AntiGlare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready   System graphics   NVIDIA Quadro K2000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory   Total memory   4 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1 DIMM)   Keyboard   Keyboard Backlit - US English   Pointing device   UltraNav with Fingerprint Reader   Camera   720p HD Camera with Microphone   Hard drive   320GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm   Optical device   2nd 320GB HDD, 7200rpm with Bay Adapter   System expansion slots   Express Card Slot & 4-in-1 Card Reader   Battery   9 Cell Li-Ion TWL 70++   Power cord   170W Slim AC Adapter - US (2pin)   Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters   Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN   Integrated mobile broadband   Mobile Broadband upgradable   Language pack   Publication - US English

[Eclipsed830]

Ordered my w530 on 7/7/12, as of today it's still been "released to manufacture". Does anyone know how many more steps there are after this stage?

[captorion214]

The next step is that it will ship.....or, if you read around the forum, you might realize the next step is that you'll get a notice that it's delayed.

[Pongo]

Got mine yesterday.

unboxing is kind of anti climatic, one piece of paper and a power cord and battery. 

i never dreamed that the lap top would get here from china faster then the ram and SSD would get here from in stock vendors in the states.

Purolator has put in an investigation as to what happend to my plextor ssd that left LAX 8 days ago.

So Ilike the laptop, its very "worky" and it is for work so that is cool. Do not like the view ratio on the lcd, but no one does, and there are no choices in the windows world.

I just created the recovery disks yesterday, as I cant really get to work on the laptop untill the SSD is in and I can start installing my tools on it.

[Eclipsed830]

mine shipped today

[Fullmetal99012]

@doogman  a bit of a late post, but I like my W530 so far. It's definitely faster than my W520 was(or at least I think it is) Can't wait for nVidia to release beta drivers for the Quadro so I can run windows 8

[PurolatorHelp]

Hello Pongo,

I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience stemming from this delay.

If you still haven't received your SSD or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at xxxxxxxxx. I will gladly assist you.

Best regards,

Catherine Côté

Social Media Coordinator / Customer Care Team

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[Pongo]

Wow, thank you very much, I recieved a call today that it was still not found or made it to the border 10? days later...

I bought a intel 520 240mb for more money locally to get on with my build. Newegg has started a claim to get my money returned.

Thanks for the note though.