usually if its from a vendor like HP, you can find most of their models on sale at a more reliable place like NewEgg where its ready made and ready to ship
I wished someone had told me about the service at HP. I ordered a laptop on 4/25 and today is 5/21 and I have yet to receive it. The first one got caught in a flood in KY and Fedex still tried to deliver a computer that had been in a flood. HP said they would send one asap. Well that has been a week and I called HP customer service and they said someone was suppose to take care of this but they dropped the ball. I still don't have a computer and they don't when I will receive the replacement. DO NOT ORDER FROM HP. Do yourself a favor and ride a goat to china and pick it up at the factory would be quicker than ordering directly from HP.

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