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Originally Posted by Graybeard  If you really want to buy a name brand, try an HP. |
HP does NOT include an OS CD with your new machine. If you want to rebuild your system then you've got to burn your own recovery DVD (and to go with a single DVD you have to use a Dual Layer DVD). That's right... I said DVD because the recovery includes all of the Trialware that HP installed on your system at delivery and it won't fit on a single CD. If you plan on wiping out your system and rebuilding it with a free OS like one of the various Linux builds then this isn't a problem... but if you want to use the Windows license that comes with your machine then this is a problem if you ever need/want to rebuild your machine. At least Dell always gave me a clean Windows OS Install CD and a SEPARATE CD with all of the drivers and trialware.
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