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Yes, almost without exception. Aemon Send a noteboard - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM
Some of the boutique / enthusiast shops will send the disks along, but the major manufacturers don't like to and you have to wheedle it out of them, either by special request or extra fee. See the following image (I took two screencaps from dell's current website and pasted them together). Click me.

Now, they don't completely leave you hanging; they DO include a way for you to recover to factory settings (the hidden recovery partition), they just don't include a disk is all. Disks are an extra expense, Dell can charge extra for a disk if they don't include it by default, aaaaand I'm sure the companies paying to have their bloatware pre-installed don't like users having an easy way to get rid of it (recovery disks don't have bloatware; recovery partitions do).
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New PC: to build or not to build LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 04:16:46 PM 1174 Views
The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days. lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM 939 Views
I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM 1287 Views
Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer... lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM 953 Views
yah that's part of the problem. I don't have a desktop right now. Not even a case LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 07:37:45 PM 946 Views
It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too Jragghen - 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM 1063 Views
I always buy Intel. Papa works there LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM 1019 Views
Huh, small world. What site? Jragghen - 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM 1149 Views
I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM 900 Views
small world or large company? *NM* Foxhead - 03/05/2011 10:48:11 AM 509 Views
Both? *NM* Bergioyn - 03/05/2011 02:35:57 PM 486 Views
I don't know about you... Fox and Ravens - 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM 999 Views
And you would have been getting a Dell. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/05/2011 03:27:44 AM 523 Views
Truth *NM* Fox and Ravens - 03/05/2011 04:38:36 AM 500 Views
Just get a pre-made and add a few components (ie: graphics card) to make you feel like you built it. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/05/2011 08:53:07 PM 484 Views
Build it. Aemon - 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM 1111 Views
Warranty/Troubleshooting lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM 942 Views
How? Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM 921 Views
Re: How? lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM 906 Views
Wow, I never heard about that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM 964 Views
Nah, it was years ago. The one you gave me advice for was the replacement of the replacement, hah lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:41:24 PM 891 Views
Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 943 Views
Ah. yeah, it was one of the pieces that got replaced. It was probably at least partially responsible *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 08:12:50 PM 526 Views
I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM 946 Views
lol, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 04:37:18 PM 979 Views
At this point, I'm looking at building thanks to papa LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:59:07 PM 939 Views
If you like tinkering, then build one. Quality control is all on you, but it's "yours" then. Zalis - 03/05/2011 03:00:21 PM 917 Views
#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM* Macharius - 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM 501 Views
It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:26:29 PM 942 Views
Re: It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Macharius - 04/05/2011 02:14:20 PM 917 Views
Or just format when you get it. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM 481 Views
With a pre-built you can't often do that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM 951 Views
for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM 879 Views
They say they do. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:46:19 PM 933 Views
Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM 510 Views
Yah, they don't. LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM 912 Views
Well, it's understandable, just annoying. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM 904 Views
You really should just stop using Dell as your example LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM 886 Views
Oh, hush. Aemon - 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM 1074 Views
YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM 920 Views
Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! Aemon - 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM 969 Views
huh. fair enough! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 05:43:19 PM 450 Views
My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular. Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM 923 Views
I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq). Aemon - 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM 897 Views
Huh. I have a Compaq too. It shipped with bad RAM, but once I fixed that it's worked like a charm. Ghavrel - 05/05/2011 12:43:48 AM 889 Views
Yes, almost without exception. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM 1056 Views
I think build your own L0gan - 17/05/2011 07:55:30 PM 1332 Views
Have you made your decision yet? Two Wongs - 28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM 1079 Views
I'm going to be building one with my dad LadyLorraine - 01/06/2011 02:42:35 AM 858 Views
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