Mar 7: When the order was delayed from ship date of March 3 (orig Feb 3 ordered mid-Dec) another 2 months to May, I called Dell support on Friday who said the RTX 3090 was the issue and connected me to the modification department who offered to change the card and send in a week, I accepted with free expedited delivery and another big discount they offered due to the wait/switch. I thank Dell/Alienware for handling the issue under such extraordinary circumstances, if they can't stock the RTX 3090, get the next best card and take a big chunk off the top, the total discount is awesome and helps with the wait, thanks again. I really wanted the "m*nster" RTX 3090 but got the next best thing and over the next few years the RTX 40 and 50 series will be out anyway, no hurry.
I ordered an R13 with i9-12900K and RTX 3090 mid-December with original estimated ship date Feb 3, was updated to March 3 and still shows confirmed. Dell said shortage of graphics cards and shipping materials was the cause. Same specs now listing for delivery April 27.  I had originally ordered early December with an RTX 3080 with est. ship Jan 3 but called to update to a 3090 the next morning, but that required a cancellation and added a week to start the new order.  On chat they gave a good discount when adding a preferred account w/credit which wasn't cleared until the first order was cancelled, but same Feb 3  est. ship 3 with the 3090 a month later, which turned into almost 3 months total. Still worth the wait, but really hope shows production status soon.  A few phone calls had the order expedited since January. I really need that computer for my nonprofit charity foundation work and hope Dell delivers on time after almost 3 months. A great high-end workstation at a great price, offered $200 discount for the additional 1 month estimated delivery date, and fingers crossed to see the computer go to production, still in confirmed.  Really looking forward to my first Alienware! My 8 year old liquid-cooled extreme edition i7 3060 bricked about 2 years ago and it's about time for a new PC. Ready to crank the latest Alder Lake CPU and 'm*nster' 3090 at full speed with fans on performance mode -- or I'm not working hard enough.
Aurora R13, ordered mid-December, still in Confirmed, parts delay