<p>hey if i order a laptop from dell.com, how long will it take to reach my house... im going to school august 24th should i get on it right now? do they ahve rush delivery?</p>
<p>if you're not leaving until the 24th, you'll be fine. just order it regular, and you'll have it in a week or two.</p>
<p>I ordered my Dell on the evening of the 26th and I got it today. But I'm having a problem getting connected to wireless, so you might want to do it sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>just got my hp pavillion dv5237, man its so nice, so much betta than the macbook i saw and hp really is numba one with laptops, betta than toshibas, acers, gateways, dells, comparable to vaios, and yea compaq presarios are junk</p>
<p>another thing- is it a good idea to get a TV tuner as an attachment to my computer from dell (i think they will build it on ) it costs 104....</p>
<p>or should i buy it separately?</p>
<p>Buy it from another vender. External tv tuner cards can range down to almost 30 bucks.</p>
<p>Yeah, buy some things like RAM seperately. You can save a lot of money. Also be sure you're using coupons. Never buy from dell without hundreds of dollars off.</p>
<p>My HP came from China to the middle of nowhere in 4 days, over a weekend. I love it.</p>
<p>Make sure you go to their academic store. You'll save alot</p>
<p>Tell us the university you're going to, and I can point you to the academic page for your institution.</p>
<p>With Dell it's one deal or the other. I used a coupon that got me $375 (30%) off, but they wouldn't let me put an academic discount on top of that :(.</p>
<p>There's special sites for universities where you get an additional percentage off, no matter what.</p>
<p>No, you can't use the normal coupons when you purchase a Dell through their EPP program. However, the EPP program sometimes offers similar coupons in addition to the EPP discount.</p>
<p>Yeah, and it's usually more (right now it's 35% off then an additional 12% off for some models).</p>
<p>To get the 12% off you have to have a system priced above $1600 AFTER the 35% discount, right?</p>
<p>colgate unviersity...</p>
<p>dell laptops have been exploding lately. i think im not going to buy dell EVER.</p>