Restore disc or the real thing?

[ccchuck]

Which suppliers of pcs ship with the actual windows cd instead of the dummy restore disc?
It really makes a deal less than warm if its the restore option.
I tried to determine which Dell did but couldn't find it on their site.

 

[Gunbuster]

I dont know of any major brand that gives you a 2k/XP cd

 

[Dogbertt]

And this is a hot deal how?

 

[forkd]

SMOKIN

 

[bradm20]

I'll take two!

 

[lizardboy]

What's with all the idiots lately?

 

[Gibson486]

This is freakin hot!

But really, why would it matter? If you want the real thing so badly, build yor own computer.

 

[starwarsdad]

No large OEM provides a full install CD these days.

 

[Abzstrak]

every Dell I've seen gives you a real CD... some work only on Dell's (I think it checks a bios tag during boot) others work on everything...

 

[Aravot]

Compaq

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: lizardboy
What's with all the idiots lately?

lately?

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: Abzstrak
every Dell I've seen gives you a real CD... some work only on Dell's (I think it checks a bios tag during boot) others work on everything...

From what I know, Dell doesn't even provide the actual CD anymore either. They just give you a restore CD or the drive is partitioned and if you need to restore, it gets it from the partitioned drive. Same goes with most, if not all, big name OEMs such as Gateway, HP, Compaq, Emachines, Acer, Sony, etc.

Even if you ask for it and are willing to pay extra, they don't/won't give it to you. It's supposedly a way for them to cut costs and such. Problem is, if the drive takes a dive, you're SOL. So the best thing to do is build it yourself.