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Mine is coming tomorrow, so I'll give you as many of my thoughts as possible I will be comparing it to my old hp dv2610us (dated nov. 2007), the Dell Vostro 3400 I use at work (which was purchased late 2010), and compared to the G73 I was messing with at BestBuy. You can also follow my rant and chatter on NBR too, if I forget to post here

If their turnaround time is about a week, 10 days tops, then they're LATE for me, and alot of others... I shall be phoning them tomorrow. What types of questions do you think I should be asking?

Will definitely be calling tomorrow. I emailed the csr today, and nothing new... Today is business day 11..

Hey Brian, Have you guys received your unit yet? Mine's still in the same stage (build stage)...

Damn, what? Is this through dell order status page, or over the phone? Wonder why mine still says 3/30 and In Production.... they must be screwing me over cuz I ordered through aafes, or cuz I had been calling so much.

Mine's the same. Folks over on NBR say to expect it later this week, as Dell's turnaround is supposedly 10days tops. I hope this turns out to be true, mang.

No doubt. So what's the most powerful 14inch out there? Is it the 4820TG thus far?

Sounds good. Looking forward to much more participation in these forums. Thanks again!

Dude. I'm 5'4" and made the tough decision of getting a DTR: the R3. To test my craziness (and anxiousness), I cut out a piece of cardboard at work to match the R3's dimensions (2-dimensional only, of course), and it came out to be as big as my torso. And guess what? I don't mind it. So you may want to do the same. If you can't stand the large size of YOUR piece of cardboard, you prolly may want to get a 14inch laptop Good luck!

Thank you! Also, looking forward to the review. With your permission, can I contribute a review once I get mine? I'm not a techie/pro, so mine will be more subjective/nubbish review for the common-(wo)man I'll be open to requests of all sorts though.

Dear Sir, What is your EDD for this? My order also was placed on 3/7 (even though I technically ordered from aafes on 3/3), and I have EDD of 3/30. TYIA!

This is very useful! Could you post a tutorial or something for how to do clean install on the R3? TYIA!

Good to see that you posted this on a diff forum too. How very kind of you

14" is the best size for any type of laptop. Fits every backpack I can think of I sure hope this comes out. Hopefully with SB cpu and hopefully with a gaming-tier GPU (ATI 68xx or at least a Nvidia 460M). Don't care how much it weighs either. Oh yeah, shoutout to my boiz: Vikingrinn & Dane!