34% discount??? DAMN! What school do you go to? Sounds like they have IBM by the balls =P.
I'm typing this on a 3VU right now. Fantastic machine. Minor quirks... like the left palm rest squeaks and moves a little, space bar key at first made a horrendous sound, but I guess I broke it in. It's weird getting used to typing on this huge keyboard compared to my Portege 2000's keyboard. But the screen... is fantastic. Other than that, the harddrive makes an annoying clicking sound from time to time...