A lot of the extra stuff included with my new Dell a year ago was trial version stuff - good for some many days and then it was gonna cost to continue to use. Some of it was just plain free programs, none of which I use.
Why would I want a CD/DVD of stuff I intended to remove? Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:45 AM Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell > Actually I believe that they are allowed to add their own, and other > software by agreement, (under penalty of Anti Trust action), but > removing something that Microsoft includes is a different matter, > especially since installation CD/DVDs are no longer included, and most > people don't know how to re-install, and will probably never re-install > the OS, barring a complete melt down. > > Kenneth Waller wrote: > >>>The OEM agreement with Microsoft probably prohibits their removing >>>anything that comes with a standard windows installation. >>> >>> >> >>I doubt it as a lot of the stuff included in not Microsoft stuff. >> >>My guess is that they include the other stuff for the same reason you get >>advertising with your newspaper. >> >>Kenneth Waller >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell >> >> >> >> >>>The OEM agreement with Microsoft probably prohibits their removing >>>anything that comes with a standard windows installation. >>> >>>Shel Belinkoff wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>That's really odd - and annoying. I've seen a couple-three Dell >>>>commercials on TV and the ad makes a point of saying that you can have >>>>it >>>>"your way." Well, the crap can be removed if you so desire. >>>> >>>>Shel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>[Original Message] >>>>>From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>>>Date: 10/4/2006 2:42:38 PM >>>>>Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell >>>>> >>>>>Shel Belinkoff wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Why wouldn't they? >>>>>> >>>>>>Shel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>[Original Message] >>>>>>>From: Ann Sanfedele >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Actually... >>>>>>>I asked that NO games be installed on my >>>>>>>computer but they wouldn't honor that >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>Who the F knows? >>>>> >>>>>ann >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>[email protected] >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. >>> >>>--Albert Einstein >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
