RE: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-19 Thread Bobby Heid
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeuser Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 11:29 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance I think they have put something in the water Stories seems

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-18 Thread joeuser
Who are you? ;P Wayne Johnson wrote: At 11:29 AM 6/17/2006, joeuser typed: While un afflicted people (like Thane and I) scratch our heads. Hey don't forget about me? ;-) --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com -- Cheers, joeuser (still

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread joeuser
I think they have put something in the water Stories seems to be the same way. OMG Dell is awesome. While un afflicted people (like Thane and I) scratch our heads. Reminds me of Eddie Murphy and when he talks about the guy starving in the desert. Guy gives him a regular old - saltine

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread joeuser
The best way though is not to do business with Dell at all. Ben Ruset wrote: You're lucky. I ordered Restore Disks for my laptop. Actually I order them for all of the systems we buy in house. The restore disk consists of an OEM install of XP (good) and a driver disk. It does *not* include

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread Ben Ruset
Yeah, except there is an economy of scale to deal with. We'll get to a point where I can't (or won't want to) assemble as many barebones boxes as I will need, and all of the whitebox vendors in Manhattan that I have seen thusfar have been chop shops. Additionally, if my company were to get

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-16 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 07:25 AM 16/06/2006, Bobby Heid wrote: I bought my daughter a Dell laptop for graduation. The default is to not include a restore disk. Well, on this particular order, there was not an option to purchase a recovery disk ($10). So after ordering the laptop, I called them up to purchase the