Received mine, it is the black one, not the silver. Placed my order over the phone, could not get the 10% off that a lot of people got, but got an "employee discount" of 5% and free shipping. Excellent deal nonetheless.
Received the "will ship on or before December 29" email, but arrived yesterday.
This reminds me of the Seagate HD deal, the Sony DVD writer deal and so many other Dell deals. First they are overwhelmed by the orders, then it appears nothing is happening, next they send out notes about delay and you can cancel if you wish to and next thing you know, your order arrives.
Quite honestly, people should know better by now. All that talk about lawsuits, BBB and whatnot. Whatever happened to: if it is too good to be true... I rarely have seen Dell not come thru.
"If patience is a virgin, I am a sinner from hell"