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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 1347 Views
The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days. lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM 1092 Views
I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM 1448 Views
Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer... lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM 1110 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 1102 Views
It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too Jragghen - 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM 1238 Views
I always buy Intel. Papa works there LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM 1163 Views
Huh, small world. What site? Jragghen - 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM 1290 Views
I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM 1051 Views
small world or large company? *NM* Foxhead - 03/05/2011 10:48:11 AM 597 Views
Both? *NM* Bergioyn - 03/05/2011 02:35:57 PM 571 Views
I don't know about you... Fox and Ravens - 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM 1169 Views
And you would have been getting a Dell. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/05/2011 03:27:44 AM 615 Views
Truth *NM* Fox and Ravens - 03/05/2011 04:38:36 AM 586 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 571 Views
Build it. Aemon - 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM 1275 Views
Warranty/Troubleshooting lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM 1104 Views
How? Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM 1069 Views
Re: How? lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM 1070 Views
Wow, I never heard about that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM 1109 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 1053 Views
Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 1113 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 610 Views
I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM 1093 Views
lol, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 04:37:18 PM 1129 Views
At this point, I'm looking at building thanks to papa LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:59:07 PM 1089 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 1078 Views
#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM* Macharius - 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM 590 Views
It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:26:29 PM 1096 Views
Re: It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Macharius - 04/05/2011 02:14:20 PM 1087 Views
Or just format when you get it. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM 568 Views
With a pre-built you can't often do that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM 1119 Views
for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM 1030 Views
They say they do. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:46:19 PM 1085 Views
Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM 592 Views
Yah, they don't. LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM 1060 Views
Well, it's understandable, just annoying. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM 1062 Views
You really should just stop using Dell as your example LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM 1034 Views
Oh, hush. Aemon - 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM 1261 Views
YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM 1080 Views
Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! Aemon - 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM 1131 Views
huh. fair enough! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 05:43:19 PM 550 Views
My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular. Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM 1096 Views
I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq). Aemon - 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM 1053 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 1041 Views
Yes, almost without exception. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM 1227 Views
I think build your own L0gan - 17/05/2011 07:55:30 PM 1515 Views
Have you made your decision yet? Two Wongs - 28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM 1236 Views
I'm going to be building one with my dad LadyLorraine - 01/06/2011 02:42:35 AM 1008 Views
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