Dell Delays

Dell Computer Corp. customers who placed their orders for computer systems may not get their orders in time for Christmas. The company said it was backed up in getting its top systems--the Dimension 8100 PC and Inspiron 8000 notebook--to customers. The problem in getting the Dimension 8100 to customers stems from a glitch on the Dell ordering Web page that allowed customers to order a keyboard and a mouse that are incompatible. Inspiron 8000 orders were slowed by supply problems with 8X CD-RW drives and 32 MB graphics cards. Dell spokesman Tom Kehoe said the problems have been straightened out.