Re: Why do PC manufacturers not supply O/S CD's with there products

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"Hex" wrote:

| I recently purchased a Dell laptop,
|
| I paid the extra for Windows XP Professional because I am a software
| developer and I require it for apps such as .net.
|
| Why on earth did I never get the offer of an O/S disk to come with the laptop?
|
| and
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| Do I really need one? for re-installs, drivers and networking etc...
|
| If some one could shed some light on this that would be appreciated:)
|
| Regards,

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