Cancel Order for non-thinkpad notebook?

I placed an order for a thinkpad t61 on July 20. My estimated shipping date was set for 8/22. About two weeks later, I decided to call Lenovo to make a few minor changes. The sales rep told me he would email me a new quote within 48 hours. 48 hours has passed up. Called Lenovo again, waited 30+ minutes and was givin the same response: wait 48hours and check again on website.

It is getting frustrating, and from what I see on these forums, some people who have placed an order near the end of the month might not get their notebooks till September; I need the notebook for grad school before Labour Day, at least. Also, I have some concerns that the numerous discounts I applied to my t61. They told me they have to cancel my previous order and place a new order with the processor upgrades and vista business.

I'm strongly contemplating just telling them to cancel the whole order and go ahead and pay the extra $300+ to purchase a Macbook Pro.

Interested in hearing what everyone elses responses are.

 

Get a Dell Latitude D830. Very comparable to the T61, and the Dell Business support is supposedly pretty decent.

 

Don't worry about the estimated shipping dates. They've never been accurate since day one. They're pretty much shipping out on time now (2-3 weeks).