Quote Originally Posted by dewidaniels View Post
My 3XS system arrived this afternoon. First impressions are very favourable: it's well assembled, with very neat cabling, and it's very quiet.

The only teething problem I have is that I've installed Windows Server Standard 2008 R2, and I can't find any Windows Server 2008 R2 drivers for the Intel LAN port on the motherboard. I'll try installing an old 10/100 Ethernet NIC tomorrow just to get a basic network connection up and running.

My timeline was: system ordered 20 January 2011, build started 5 February 2011, build completed 16 February 2011, system delivered 24 February 2011. That's 25 working days from ordering to delivery. The system was well worth the wait, but the whole process did take much longer than the 14 working days I was expecting.
thank you for your comments we are working long hours to meet deadlines we have been extremely busy in both retail and 3XS system build due to the popularity of our machines on top of this we have had the Sandy Bridge issues to deal with its been hard and still ongoing. happy to see most are prepared to wait longer for their builds to arrive but this is all to do with quality control and meeting the high standards we set. Sending out computers which do not meet our high standards results in higher return rates we try to limit returns and repairs or atleast make sure before shipping the computer is to its best possible performance and stability.

Please enjoy your new machines treat them with care and they will look after you for years to come