1. Do they include the Windows XP CD with computer? 2. Do they include any recovery disks? If so, what specifically are they? I know with HP they have a Recovery Console CD and I think a System Restore CD. They don't include it with the computer though. They only give it to you after your computer...

Lots of complaints on usenet so I thought I would give a compliment. I recently purchased a used/refurbed Latitude C610 from Dell Financial Services. price was very reasonable. It arrived 100% functional with a unexpected new dell laptop case. Had both CDRW/DVD and Floppy with connector for floppy...

Here's my experience. The first week of April 2004, I am considering ordering a Dell Dimension 8300. I tell the sales rep on the phone that I am undecided, will look at other systems first before making a decision. The sales rep tells me " If you order now, I will upgrade your CRT monitor to...

Do you guys think that it can FIX my hdd that has been compromised by a 0zx24 stop error. I need for the drive to be fixed just long enough to run a couple programs so I can run their backups. Ubuntu let me recover data but I need to run a couple programs. This is everything I've done to no...

I have just got a Vostro 200 Desktop and have noticed that the fans (processor and case fan) are very noisy for about 2 seconds as the PC is booting up and then they quiten down to normal whisper (well nearly) speed. I realise its not a fault and I have heard other PC makes do this (like Compaq...

I just noticed that Dell actually has a utility that allows you to burn your own: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1091713&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19 This begs the question about why none of the support people mentioned this though.

When you use your Vista upgrade to do a clean install on a second hard drive, don't you have to stop using your original XP install that came with the computer? I see lots of posts about dual booting to "test" the Vista OS before committing to it, but isn't that just plain "cheating"? Or am I...

My daughter is up at UC Davis, CA. She sent this note at 1:34 am last night, and I'm just reading it this morning. I haven't contacted her yet. Her machine is a Dell Inspiron 6000, about 18 months old, running XP. It's still under the original 2-year warranty. She does have access to her...

I called to extend my laptop warranty from 2 to 3 years because I like it a lot and plan on keeping it at least that long. I was transferred to one area first, I believe it was Customer Service. They had to transfer me to another area which is for warranty sales. I received terrible service from...

Which would you get? A Dual Core Pentium D 820 (2.8GHz) or a P4 650 w/HT (3.4GHz). I'm leaning toward the latter.................. -- Regards, Hank Arnold

I haven't bought a ready-made computer in years. I either build them new or rebuild old ones. I put Win98SE or WinXP on them, Word, Nero, PSP, Power DVD, AVG, etc. They always run nice and zippy. Well, I finally got a factory fresh Dell Inspiron, Celeron 2.3GHz with 256MBs. WHAT A DOG!!!...

Apple just anounced, that like ATT dsl support, operations for outsourced support in India is ending!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20060605/tc_macworld/appleindia20060605 Why does Dell continue to be so short sighted. India support only alienates customers, and generates additional...

Some small format/ultracompact laptops suffer from a major performance deficiency that is being hidden by laptop manufacturers. I'm curious if the Dell Latitude X300 series or other models are one of these. Intel CPUs come with built in thermal sensing and self throttle when too hot. Some small...

Hi, We used to buy expensive Dell computers. Recently we have bought few $600 eMachines and they work great for us. Just wondering if it's really worth it to spend over $2,000 for a Dell computer... What do you think? In case eMachines is no longer good for us in the future, we just buy...

*My C drive is fine. 90% empty/free. Error check was uneventful but defrag said some files couldn't be defragged and said to view those files in the report. The report box showed no files that couldn't be defragmented. *My internal backup drive (E) is FULL. 14% free. Time to upgrade. It...

i received the Dell July flyer today in the mail. i tried to place an order for a Canon Powershot S2Is camera today. After 20 minutes back and forth and hold time, they refused to take the order because it was too backordered. The day the catalog came out they refused all orders for it. i am...

Has anyone tried it? I've heard bad things about it..hardly surprising with MS..any good experiences?

With repost of my negative experience with Dell at bottom, I'll also copy and comment on some interesting and constructive comments from folks in these newsgroups: - Basic warranties last only as long as manufacturers expect machines to last. Perhaps so, but having both the motherboard and screen...

I spent over 2 ½ hours myself trying to resolve an asinine sound problem on this supposedly 'splendid' Dimension 8200 and, of course, their Help and Troubleshooting files are miserable. So not wanting to waste anymore of my time I decided to call dell's magnificent support. The wait on the phone...

Just curious as to your opinions. Just a very quick summary as my saga has been memorialized in a bunch of threads. I have a desktop and a newer laptop. I wanted to back both of them up. I had a very hard time getting the CD/DVD s-ware to mesh on both computers. Long story-- but I eventually gave...