Silent Bob

Looks like we'll be waiting until May.........

I have a Canada only rep that has offered everyone that I forward to him for an 18x a base price of US equivalent. What you haggle from there is up to you. I'm not sure how many Canadians are here, but let me know if interested. I replied to this post because he also mentioned he would be less scrutinized for giving overly large discounts if he were to make bulk sales.

I'm in, depending on the base price. Let me know.

Based on the Canadian prices, I think 1080p base configuration with dual 6970M should be about $2100-$2200.

I'm not holding out that the prices attached to the M18 on the Canadian site were all that reliable. I have as much faith that the upgrade to a crossfire 6970 from a single card 460m will be $150 as I have on my engagement to Adriana Lima in a months time!

How long before the R3 starts showing up in the outlet from cancelled orders once the M18x rolls out?

Silent Bob's R2 has landed. Typing on it now in a Minnesota hotel room. Going back to why an R2 vs an R3. The R2 has the build quality and so much potential with the likelihood of a 6970 being able to work. And if none of it comes to pass then there's still value enough to sell it and buy either the R3 or M18x. Looking forward to what I can do with this machine.

I Put an order for a R3 today, i blame it all on Brian cause I was going to wait for the m18x but he convinced me otherwise

It's funny how it boils down to you being a single or dual card fan. Those with the duals in their R2s are holding out for either the M18x or a dual 6970 upgrade solution and anyone happy with a single (m15x, ASUS or otherwise) are charging out for the R3. That is unless you're rich enough to keep buying whatever Dell can spit out

You can't lose either way with regards to r2 vs r3. You're going to love the R2 vs the old m1710 (I used to own the same notebook).

Thanks Brian. The M1710 was a watermark in performance for value. The R3 is the next one in my mind. I'll be lighting up the board to pick your brain on how to trick out the R2 when I get it.

Nah, only has the 1520 wifi, but does have the RGB LED. An R3 would be great and I don't mind paying for it, but I hate shelling out taxes on an R3 to sell it and buy an M18x when (if) it comes out and end up getting taxed on that too. Prefer moving up from my lowly XPS to something I can get most of my money back from if I decide to flip it in 6 months.

What do you have in mind? Because I have two M17x-R2's up for sale and both are in mint condition. Both have identical configs except one has a 920xm + 5870m xfire while the other has 720qm + 5870m xfire.

Thanks Brian but I have a lead on a 2 month old (still warrantied) R2 720qm w/5870 xfire for $1500 and should be wrapping up the deal in the coming week. Feel free to PM me their respective specs in case this deal falls through if you like.

Well I've decided I'm going old school. Gonna pick up a relatively new R2 for a really nice price, mod the hell out of it (don't have a camaro in the garage anymore) and flip it when the M18x decides to show.

Hi Silent Bob--thanks and welcome! Where's Jay?

Great Site, nice change from the proletariat at some other places.

I'm on the fence about getting an R2 with all it's pros (and the chance of a 6970 upgrade) to straight up getting an R3, both at the same price. Playing the waiting game to see what shakes out with the *cough* M18x *cough*. Sorry, too many cigs........