Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think my last desktop (Dell) had Windows backup disks. There might be an option to make your own backups from the pre-installed software (now that just about all CD/DVD are read/write. Vista is not great. And I went through 4 Dell motherboards in the first two months before I threw in the towel and bought a Mac. Love the Mac. On Jul 11, 2009, at 3:02 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Since it is now at least 5 years since I bought a Windows laptop, > things may have changed and so I'd better ask. > > Back then, it was normal that when you bought a new PC, whether > laptop or desktop, you got the XP discs along with the computer. Of > course the OS was pre-installed on the machine but the discs were > useful in case one needed to do a total reinstall for whatever reason. > > Now my son is buying a new gaming laptop from acerdirect.co.uk. The > price is good, as are the specs etc.--but no Vista discs are > included. The stuff is preinstalled on the laptop and that's that. > Is that normal nowadays? What does one do if the OS needs to be > reinstalled? > > Sorry for the OT question, but I figure that there must be people > here who have bought a Windows laptop more recently than I. > > Please do NOT turn this into a Mac vs. Windows thread. I am squarely > in the Mac camp for my own computing needs but my son wants Windows, > it is his birthday present and his choice (Apple is not a good > choice for gaming anyway since many of the best games are not > available). > > TIA, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information