Dell wants to meet you half way on shipping, literally. They will still ship your PC free, if you drive to the post office and pick it up. Though you can still pay to have it shipped directly to your door. The policy will begin on October 10, 2005 for entry-level PCs, but will eventually be expanded to cover all Dimension, Inspiron, and the high-end XPS products.

This is using a new Post Office “Hold for pickup” program, which gives the recipient 10 days to claim their package.

This has to be one of the dumbest ideas ever. The post office hours are so bad they are closed before most people get off of work. If I was going to drive anywhere for a new PC, I would just drive myself over to the Apple store and pickup a real computer.