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[trinityvixen]

You know, I was gonna be all huffy about Dell possibly not shipping my computer out until next Wednesday (I will probably still be sorta huffy), but I have to say they do their best to explain why this should be. I wish I'd known that it wasn't going through to my credit card ahead of time so I could have used it yesterday on the money I spent for my Dad's birthday gift, too.

But I forsee a new internet wasting-time-type diversion: constantly refreshing my order status to see if the computer checklist gets to "Boxing" any time soon. Dell breaks it up as "Order Processing," followed by "Pre-production," which is then subdivided into the "In Production" categories: Kitting, Build, Testing, and Boxing. I assume "Boxing" is actually packaging the machine to ship to me versus putting it in its casing, as it doesn't do much good to test a machine without all of its parts assembled and covered as they are to be used.

But then there is the "Shipping Prep" part of this, too...mmm, puzzling. Maybe I should refresh the page...

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I dont think they are testing the casing, per se, but rather the components compiled within it. It doesn't make sense to test each part seperately and then not do so again with them working in concert beneath the case. 'S all I'm sayin'.

[jlc.livejournal.com]

It's important to do both.

The boxing stage involves kangaroos, I swear.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I got this totally cool boxing kangaroo pen for a friend when I was in Australia. You can never underestimate the power of a kangaroo--for good or for evil.