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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 1250 Views
The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days. lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM 1001 Views
I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM 1353 Views
Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer... lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM 1024 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 1017 Views
It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too Jragghen - 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM 1139 Views
I always buy Intel. Papa works there LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM 1088 Views
Huh, small world. What site? Jragghen - 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM 1209 Views
I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM 975 Views
small world or large company? *NM* Foxhead - 03/05/2011 10:48:11 AM 540 Views
Both? *NM* Bergioyn - 03/05/2011 02:35:57 PM 519 Views
I don't know about you... Fox and Ravens - 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM 1071 Views
And you would have been getting a Dell. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/05/2011 03:27:44 AM 560 Views
Truth *NM* Fox and Ravens - 03/05/2011 04:38:36 AM 535 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 514 Views
Build it. Aemon - 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM 1174 Views
Warranty/Troubleshooting lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM 1006 Views
How? Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM 987 Views
Re: How? lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM 977 Views
Wow, I never heard about that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM 1026 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 962 Views
Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 1015 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 556 Views
I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM 1009 Views
lol, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 04:37:18 PM 1045 Views
At this point, I'm looking at building thanks to papa LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:59:07 PM 1004 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 988 Views
#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM* Macharius - 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM 533 Views
It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:26:29 PM 1010 Views
Re: It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Macharius - 04/05/2011 02:14:20 PM 989 Views
Or just format when you get it. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM 511 Views
With a pre-built you can't often do that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM 1019 Views
for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM 949 Views
They say they do. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:46:19 PM 1005 Views
Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM 542 Views
Yah, they don't. LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM 976 Views
Well, it's understandable, just annoying. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM 971 Views
You really should just stop using Dell as your example LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM 957 Views
Oh, hush. Aemon - 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM 1148 Views
YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM 994 Views
Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! Aemon - 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM 1040 Views
huh. fair enough! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 05:43:19 PM 495 Views
My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular. Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM 997 Views
I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq). Aemon - 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM 960 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 960 Views
Yes, almost without exception. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM 1126 Views
I think build your own L0gan - 17/05/2011 07:55:30 PM 1406 Views
Have you made your decision yet? Two Wongs - 28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM 1143 Views
I'm going to be building one with my dad LadyLorraine - 01/06/2011 02:42:35 AM 922 Views
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