Got MINE TODAY!!!! It is SWEEEEET. I had ordered on Wednesday 9/3 when the deal was a 2.4 for $400 after rebates. Added a Modem to get it over the $500 mark that was required to use the DFS account. Then on thursday, when the deal got sweeter, I got in on the 3.2 deal. I did not cancel my first order because I did not think it would be right, and besides, I could use two more computers (I just opened another office up, and the computers that I had been using were not cutting it. I had the Gateway 6400 PIII 933 deal from years gone past). I am EXTREMELY happy with both of them. PC3200 DDR 400 (128) in both, which I moved to the 2.4 and got myself a couple of 256 from crucial. Also got me a $30 KVM switch so I can still run my server as a server while using XP pro on this machine.
Anyway, good luck to all of you who got that stupid e-mail. The same thing happened to me when I got in on the 6400 deal from gateway for $500 several years ago. I stuck tight, and a month and a half later, I had my server. I am sure Dell is not trying to screw people out of the deal, but underestimated the power of Anandtech! An interesting thing, though. My 3.2 was "boxing" for about 3 days and I got an e-mail from Dell's marketing department asking me to fill out a survey about my business (I really am the proprietor of a business). The day after I replied to the e-mail my package shipped. Coincidence?...
Also, A great thank you for the FAQ link in the first post. IT really made my decision easier and did a better job of answering my concerns than any sales site ever has! Kudos to K-Squared and olliebg!