Just to letcha know ; )
I do a LOT of warranty work for companys like HP, Compaq and IBM... and ALL
of them suffer outrageous delays.  Most recent being HPs inability to
provide a proprietary power supply for over 2 months, and Compaq's recent
canning of the manufacturer of a certain type of motherboard that I replace
nearly daily in a fleet of laptops.  Sigh...
That said... I sure hope my speedo cable and wheel bolts come in soon!

>This is not to say that things don't go on backorder.  That
>happens
>all the time in this business, and when it happens a backorder can last a
>day or a month. This is not computer hardware, these are parts for 20 year
>old vans.  ***************************************************