Notebook Holiday Shipping Deadlines

by Josh Smith on December 10, 2009

With Christmas and many other holidays just around the corner you should take a look at the following holiday shipping deadlines for computers if you are planning on giving a notebook as a gift this year. If you are customizing the computer you will need to order much sooner than if you purchased a ready to ship model or one directly from a retailer.

Don’t forget to get a student discount on a notebook if you are giving it to your student as a gift this year.

Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Notebooks

Store	Ready to Order	Customized
HP Home	Standard: Dec 15 Expedited: Dec 22 10 PM ET Fastest: Dec 23 10 PM ET	Estimated ship dates shown, Notebook orders with date of Dec 18. can be received by Dec 24 w/ 2-day shipping
Dell	Refurbished Standard: Dec 14 2 PM CT Expedited: Dec 21 2 PM CT Fastest: Dec 22 12 PM CT	New Standard: Dec 9 Expedited: Dec 11 Fastest: Dec 15
Apple	Standard: Dec 15 Expedited: Dec 21 Fastest: Dec 22	Add 1 day for engraving, 2 days for customizing.
Lenovo	Standard: Dec 16 Expedited: Dec 28	Systems take 8-11 days to build, check estimated ship date before ordering.

For more holiday shipping deadlines visit CrunchGear, where they have compiled a list of the gadget holiday shipping deadlines from dealnews and Dealhack to make sure you get everything you need before Christmas.

If you don’t want to pay shipping take a look at Free Shipping Day which takes place on December 17th or visit RetailMeNot’s Free Shipping coupon code page.