Dell's Back-to-School Sweepstakes Takes to the Skies; Twenty-nine - per Sweepstakes Official Rules - Customers Will Fly Away with $50,000 in Travel and Cash.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002

Dude, you're getting a destination.

Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) today announced the second installment of its back-to-school sweepstakes, the "Trip-a-Day Giveaway." Customers who purchase home desktop or notebook computers through August 29 (per Sweepstakes Official Rules) will automatically be entered in the national sweepstakes(a) with daily grand prizes of $50,000 in travel and cash. The August daily sweepstakes follows a similar giveaway in July, when 30 Dell customers won $50,000 each.

"Customers loved the first phase of our back-to-school sweepstakes and we think the trip prizes will be equally as popular," said Erin Nelson, director of acquisition marketing for Dell's U.S. Consumer Business. "Who wouldn't want a fully paid summer vacation and have extra spending money along the way? This is our way of giving back to our loyal customers, and there's more to come."

Twenty-nine lucky winners will receive $30,000 in travel and another $20,000 in cash in drawings through August. For more information on the sweepstakes, including how to enter and chances of winning, visit www.dell4me.com/sweepstakes. Stay tuned for other promotions during the back-to-school season.

In the July sweepstakes, hundreds of thousands of customers registered to win $50,000 in cash. Winners included Brian Tucker, who owns a burglar alarm company in Hephzibah, Ga., and purchased a new Dell Dimension to help run his business.

"It's amazing; it's awesome," Tucker said when learning of his windfall. Tucker says he'll use the newfound money to help pay for his new house.

Vivian Gonzalez, another lucky Dell customer, from Miami, purchased a Dimension 8200 on the Fourth of July. Upon learning she was a $50,000 winner, Gonzalez said, "This is fantastic; I can not believe it happened to me." Gonzalez, her husband and son plan to travel overseas with some of her winnings.

About Dell

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $31.2 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com.

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Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.

(a) OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT

IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. NonPurchase Entries and Purchase

Entries have an equal Chance of Winning. Sweepstakes begins at

12:00:00 Central Time (CT) on August 1, 2002 and ends at 23:59

(CT) on August 29, 2002 ("the Promotional Period"). 1. Must be

legal U.S. resident (excl. Puerto Rico), age 18+ years.

Employees/officers/directors of Dell, and its

Subsidiaries/affiliates/advertising and promotional agencies, and

individuals providing services to Dell through an outsourcer or

temporary employment agency during the Promotional Period, and

their immediate families/household members, not eligible. Void

where prohibited. 2. To Enter: Automatic entry with purchase of a

computer from Dell Home Systems Co., Dell Outlet - Home or Dell

Authorized Employee/Student Purchase Program during the

promotional period. Or, mail completed form printed from

www.dell4me.com/sweepstakes or print name, address, tel. no. on a

3" x 5" card and the words "Dell Trip-A-Day Giveaway" and mail to

Dell, Box 4058, Grand Rapids, MN 55730-4058, postmarked by 8/29/02

and received by 9/6/02. Limit one entry per separate envelope.

Limit 1 entry per person regardless of entry method during the

Promotional Period. Limit 1 prize per household. Dell is not

liable for transmission or programming errors, late, lost,

incomplete, illegible or undeliverable entries. 3. Drawings will

be conducted by Marden-Kane Inc. ("Administrator"), whose

decisions shall be final. All prizes will be awarded. One prize to

be awarded for each day of the Promotional Period, starting

8/08/02 and ending 9/06/02. Drawings will be conducted each

weekday (separate drawings for each weekend day to be conducted

during the following week.) Auto entry assigned to a daily drawing

based on date of purchase. Mail-in entries will be assigned to a

daily drawing based upon date of receipt. Non-winning entries will

not be carried forward to next drawing, except that non-winning

entries will be eligible for the August 29, 2002 prize and will be

included in the drawing for that prize on September 6, 2002. By

participating, entrants release sponsor, promotional/advertising

agencies and their affiliates, employees, officers, directors from

and against any injury, damage, claim and action arising from

sweepstakes or prize possession/use or while traveling. Sponsor

not responsible for delayed, cancelled or rescheduled travel due

to weather, transport/accommodation decisions, overbooking, acts

of God or acts of terrorism or any other factor beyond Sponsor's

control. 4. Prizes: 29 Prizes. Each travel package includes a

$30,000 travel credit at Alamo Travel and $20,000 cash. ARV:

$50,000. Travel not limited to one trip and must be booked by

Alamo Travel only. Credit good towards purchases made by travel

agency including without limitation, airfare, hotel

accommodations, car rental, cruises, tour packages, rail travel

and required trip insurance. Meals, gratuities, parking and all

other expenses not mentioned herein or payable in advance by Alamo

Travel are the winner's responsibility. Travel must be booked by

September 30, 2004. Unused credit on that date will be forfeited 

and no further compensation will be given. Subject to

availability. Restrictions apply. Total value of all prizes:

$1,450,000. Odds of winning depend on # of eligible entries

received. Prizes are non-transferable. Winner responsible for all

taxes and for expenses not specified. 5. Winner will be notified

by overnight delivery service and must return completed affidavit 

of eligibility, and publicity/liability release within 10 days of

receipt, or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate.

Winner must furnish SS#. 6. Winners will be posted, starting on or

about August 15, 2002, on www.dell4me.com/sweepstakes. Accepting

prize constitutes winner's consent to Dell's and its designees'

use of his/her name and likeness for advertising or promotional

purpose, without compensation, unless prohibited by law. If you do

not wish to receive future sweeps mailings from Dell send your

name/address to: Dell Opt out, Box 5000, Manhasset, NY 11030.

7.Sponsor: Dell, One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682.

Administrator: Marden-Kane Inc., 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY

11030.

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