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

Leythos wrote:

In article <um3#YlngGHA.5088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Leythos wrote:

In article <#vrFthlgGHA.4196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
It's easier to see a CD, rather than check to see if the recovery
partition has been imaged properly.

No, it's easier to image a zillion drives, then do a checksum, and
then stick them in a box - it's all about automation.

And someone needs to run it on each machine and review the results.

Again, I don't know which is more expensive for the OEM. You have
yet to provide any verifable facts, only BS.

No, they don't run it on each machine, sheesh, where have you been for
the last 10 years. You can image a drive in a drive farm, check sum
it, then package it in a machine without ever booting it.

And a robot does this?

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