<p>Does anyone have any experience with buying Dell computers from their special Bates website (Student Discounts: Laptops for College | Dell United States). I am trying to evaluate whether it is a good deal. They do tack on a service contract which I usually don’t get. Hoping someone else has been through this already.</p>
<p>The press seemed fine last year and getting the "Bates" build pre-installed was very convenient. My son dropped his when he was home between semesters and that service contract came in handy. Dell swapped the hard drive and it came back with all the software installed.</p>