You need to use the spreadsheets the site makes up to do your investigation into which laptop you want to try and purchase. Can you have a purchase shipped to your friends house before you leave. If you can, many of the black friday laptos can be ordered online, granted you have to stay up and purchase in a hurry, but I've scored them that way. So make sure you have all the information for shipping, payment, address, and be logged into the site, before it goes up live for purchasing. Most use ticketing systems, as its a way to track inventory and make sure every one that was there gets one. I think that last year on black friday at bestbuy items left unsold after 11 am are free to purchase bye anyone. Most of the time the cheapest laptops get sold first, so if you looking for a good laptop as opposed to just a cheap one, may be able to get one and show up a little later in time. Orlando is a big market so take that into account, as they'll have more of the items than smaller markets. Also look into the store putting limits on how many can be purchased bye one customer. Best advice is try talking to the staff at that store, you may be able to get them to tell you how many of said laptop they got in to sale. If your going for the absolutely cheapest laptop I'd suggest 6 hours early at walmart, bestbuy could be days. It all depends on what the prices of all the competitors laptop prices are, and who has the best laptop for the cheapest $$$. And Not only on who has it, but what other big offers they have in their Ad. Remember you don't have to be the first in line, just close enough to make sure you get one.