Mike Brannigan wrote:[color=blue]
> Mike Brannigan
> "##Alias##" <aka@masked&anonymous.ec> wrote in message
> news:eGTFyaj7IHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Mike Brannigan wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Munchichic" <Munchichic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:7603593E-14EB-4C8F-BCEE-DB8A4456BB24@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi Everyone. I realize this may be a "touchy" subject but I need to
>>>> ask.
>>>> After a massive computer failure I just bought a new Dell XPS 420
>>>> desktop PC.
>>>> My first Dell purchase. It came preloaded with Microsoft Vista Home
>>>> Premium.
>>>> I asked Dell for an original Microsoft installation CD as a backup.
>>>> They
>>>> refused. I have several friends and relatives who purchased Dell
>>>> computers
>>>> and many of them requested the same disc from Dell and received it
>>>> without
>>>> incident (some within the last 2 months). I think I should be
>>>> entitled to a
>>>> copy of the installation CD and not one that is from Dell preloaded
>>>> with a
>>>> bunch of Dell crap on it. Why can't I receive an original Windows CD
>>>> like
>>>> everyone else has requested? Am I asking the wrong person? What am I
>>>> doing
>>>> wrong? Any help is appreciated. I just spent $1000 on this new
>>>> computer and
>>>> think that should entitle me to the Windows OS disc (and I expect it
>>>> will
>>>> have the same product key that was used to install on my new Dell).
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Dell have done nothing wrong.[/color]
>>
>> Of course not, ripping people off as long as Microsoft approves it is
>> just fine and dandy.
>>
>> Snip long winded justification for the rip off.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> Where's the rip off?
> The buyer of a Dell PC gets a machine preinstalled with Windows and
> whatever else Dell want to put on there.
> And then they provide you with a method to get it back to just as you
> bought it.
> No one is promised anything else. What else do you expect and why ?
> And in particular why do you think you need or should have anything more
> then to get the machine back to exactly as how you got it when you
> ordered it ?[/color]

You see, the scam is so generalized that you think it's normal to load a
computer with crap and sell it without providing a real copy of Windows.
Dell, Microsoft and the boys know that most people are not aware of
what's being done so they take full and complete advantage of their
ignorance and shills like you defend it. The proper way to sell a
machine is to include a copy of Windows and a CD with all the drivers
without trial crap that in many cases is a real PIA to remove. But,
hell, MS is happy; Dell is happy; the vendors of programs like Norton
are happy and the computer user is screwed but three out of four ain't
bad, right? And MS prices it so that white box makers, who really
provide what should be provided, have a hard time competing.

Alias