Freshmen Laptop

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I'm looking to buy a laptop for next year, but i'm assuming its better to buy it through the school? Are their laptops the suggest? or do you just buy one from the book store?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>If you want a Mac, you will get the best price through the book store (you’ll get Cornell’s discount, better than student discount from Apple). They usually run a special around the senior week (end of May). I would call them up, give them the spec, and order it over the phone instead of online. They may even tell you what they have on special over the phone. I have bought 4 Macs from them.</p>

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<p>what about non-mac laptops? does the cornell store offer discounts? I’m an international student, so can I wait till I’m there in August to settle it?</p>

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<p><a href=“https://estore.cornell.edu/c-296-laptop.aspx[/url]”>https://estore.cornell.edu/c-296-laptop.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>They offer Dell and HP. I would pre-order, so it would be ready for you to pick up when you arrive. For Mac, it was few weeks before it was ready.</p>

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<p>Are you guys kidding? It’s much cheaper to buy laptops from Amazon. And Macs… what a rip-off. Do some research before buying your laptop.</p>

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<p>macs, i agree, are a ripoff, but amazon? I would say Newegg.com is the best.</p>

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<p>My first and last experience with Newegg wasn’t good so I told myself to never buy anything from them again</p>

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<p>If you are getting a Mac (like I am), I would wait til OS X Lion comes out sometime during the summer</p>

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<p>apple also always gives free ipod touches (with a rebate) before new school years start plus $100-$200 off and a $100 rebate on a printer. And as gnr1516 said, wait until OS X Lion comes out.</p>

<p>Edit: and of course you can always sell that ipod touch online for close to $200</p>

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<p>When we were on campus some of the students said that if they had bought their laptops through the cornell store they got fast on-campus service when they needed it – seems like that might be worth paying a <em>bit</em> extra for the machine to get.</p>

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<p>psh. Really? Cheap laptops from Amazon and Newegg? Apple?</p>

<p>Go on eBay!</p>

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<p>eBay, pssh, local tag sales, that’s where it’s at! </p>

<p>Lol, I’m joking, but I don’t trust eBay. And I need a warranty on my laptop, plus I want to be able to return the laptop in case it’s deffected.</p>