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From: ahall on 25 Jul 2010 23:05 It is time to buy my last college PC (youngest kid is about to leave). I read here a while ago that Dell stopped shipping real OS disks, but there was at least one exception. I do not remember which laptop was the exception. Anyone know? Thanks in advance, -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
From: Christopher Muto on 25 Jul 2010 23:45 ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: > It is time to buy my last college PC (youngest kid > is about to leave). > > I read here a while ago that Dell stopped shipping > real OS disks, but there was at least one exception. > I do not remember which laptop was the exception. > > Anyone know? > > Thanks in advance, > can't speak for any recent purchases in the home division, but the vostro and latitude laptops generally come with media... but pay close attention to the description of the os to be sure that it is 'with media' as some configurations do not come with media.
From: Christopher Muto on 25 Jul 2010 23:59 Christopher Muto wrote: > ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: >> It is time to buy my last college PC (youngest kid >> is about to leave). >> >> I read here a while ago that Dell stopped shipping >> real OS disks, but there was at least one exception. >> I do not remember which laptop was the exception. >> >> Anyone know? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> > > can't speak for any recent purchases in the home division, but the > vostro and latitude laptops generally come with media... but pay close > attention to the description of the os to be sure that it is 'with > media' as some configurations do not come with media. looks like media is no longer an option on even the vostro or inspiron laptops... the only ones i see with media are some vostro desktops with windows 7 pro or optiplex and vostro desktops that come with the windows xp pro 'downgrade'. this is dells offical position on the windows media and what they curerntly offer for you to create your own recovery discs. http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19332656.aspx
From: Daddy on 26 Jul 2010 12:01 On 7/25/2010 11:05 PM, ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: > > It is time to buy my last college PC (youngest kid > is about to leave). > > I read here a while ago that Dell stopped shipping > real OS disks, but there was at least one exception. > I do not remember which laptop was the exception. > > Anyone know? > > Thanks in advance, > > Do "any" Dell laptops come with discs? Probably; Dell sells all kinds of laptops. Do any of the laptops commonly available to consumers come with discs? Not any more, unfortunately. -- Daddy
From: RnR on 26 Jul 2010 12:50
In article <i2kbga$8ph$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, daddy(a)invalid.invalid says... > > On 7/25/2010 11:05 PM, ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: > > > > It is time to buy my last college PC (youngest kid > > is about to leave). > > > > I read here a while ago that Dell stopped shipping > > real OS disks, but there was at least one exception. > > I do not remember which laptop was the exception. > > > > Anyone know? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Do "any" Dell laptops come with discs? Probably; Dell sells all kinds of > laptops. Do any of the laptops commonly available to consumers come with > discs? Not any more, unfortunately. Not true unless you mean directly from Dell. I got a new dell recently from BB and it had a couple of discs. |