On Mar 22, 2008, at 8:32 PM, Herbert Graf wrote:

> Dell used to do this as well. The low end Dimensions at one point  
> only can with windows in a recovery partition, you had to pay extra  
> for the actual media.

How long ago was that?  I've been buying low-end dells for the kids  
since the Dimension 2400 (2.xGHz P-4 class Celeron, ~2003) and  
they've all come with media as well as a "recovery partition.")   
(Note that the "media" is a restore disk, and not an actual windows  
install disk.  I find that an acceptable compromise...)

BillW

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