Depends on the configuration; the Inspiron 530s are contract built in China.

 

Depends where you live, order from UK & Europe  and they are built in Ireland, depends on how busy they are to how quick delivery is, it can take from 5-10 days

I order a Inspiron 530 on October 1, 2008, they say the est. ship date is Thursday, October 9, 2008

est. delievery date is 10/14/2008 - 10/16/2008. and I live in the USA.

 

here is my config what what I wanted:

  Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E7200 (3MB L2, 2.53GHz, 1066 FSB)
  2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2DIMMs
  Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
  19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Monitor
  ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO 128MB
  500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
  3.5in Floppy Drive
  Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1
  Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
  Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
  No Modem Option
  Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
  16X DVD+/-RW Drive
  Integrated Sound Blaster®Audigy™ HD Software Edition
  No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
  Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card
  No Productivity software pre-installed
  McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
  1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
  IEEE 1394a Adapter
  No Entertainment software pre-installed
  Windows Vista™ Premium

 

 I hope my computer arrives some time this week.

Has anyone else that lives in the USA order the same type of computer configuration that I order and placed the order on Wednesday October, 1, 2008.  Did your computer ship yet or not yet?

 

I throught Dell builds the computers in the  USA for the people that live in the USA.

 Dell 7-10 days yes, if you build it yourself and you know what you are doing then around 20 mins :)

my order just delayed,  I wonder what the reason is for the delay?

Usually because a part is in short supply and more are needed.  The delays are generally pretty short, like a week or so (which isn't short when you are waiting for a new toy). :)

They run a pretty tight ship at Dell, as parts come in they are used sraight away so they never hold much stock.

 

Heres a very good tour of Dell Ireland and how there system works...

 

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1648/

What do you think the hold up is on my computer order?

I called the automated status order line phone number and they say the computer is in production and is currently in the boxing stage, the computer should of shipped last Thursday since that was the estimated ship date, but the order got delayed,  I still trying to figure out why it is taking them so long to boxing up the computer then putting it on the truck so it can be on the way.

 

It should not take them long to put a computer into a box and put onto a truck