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| Thread ID: 84074 | 2007-10-23 17:22:00 | Do store bought Vista PC's come with CD ? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 604605 | 2007-10-23 17:22:00 | Hi Guys A friend of mine bought a name brand PC from a well known appliance store with Vista pre-installed on it. I asked him where his Vista CD/DVD was, he did not have it, he phoned the store and they said that these machines do not come with one ! The OS is pre-installed on the hard drive. This is like the situation with ME and I thought that Microsoft was forced to give CD's with new machines. Any comment ? Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 604606 | 2007-10-23 17:44:00 | Family friend just got a laptop, same situation . So I called up Microsoft NZ who said that you need to talk to the manufacturer of the laptop (HP) about it . Otherwise they can supply disks at $50 delivered :mad: HP on the other hand want $175 (But that could be with the license as well) :dogeye: So ya . . . I'm not condoning piracy . . . :annoyed: |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 604607 | 2007-10-23 17:46:00 | It has been common not to get a CD/DVD for some time now. Make an image of the pre-installed OS for backup, make sure you keep the serial for it. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 604608 | 2007-10-23 19:03:00 | I was under the impression that the DVD had all the versions on it . This was so you could upgrade, say "Home" to "Premium" and paid MS for the upgrade . This would be a loser for MS if the disks are not supplied . I have Vista Upgrade, but choose not to use it . When I did a clean install, I found I did not have a useable copy of MS Money, either on a disk, or like MS Works, in the "Software" file of the original hard drive image . I rang HP and MS and each said it was the other's resposibility - Bast . . . s That and a couple of other things reverted me to XP . Nothing wrong with Vista . I reckon my Core duo notebook handled Hi Def video editing a bit faster . Just got pissed off with MS and HP . Probably won't buy another HP notebook because of this . Not that they will care . Customer satisfaction is not the norm these days . Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 604609 | 2007-10-23 19:19:00 | I think it depends on manufacturer - Dell supplies install disks, as does Acer. In any case, Vista install DVDs are identical regardless of version - i.e. you can use a Vista Business disk to install Vista Home Premium - the only difference is the licence key. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 604610 | 2007-10-23 20:20:00 | You only get the Windows CD, driver CDs etc with a real computer from a real computer shop. Been that way for ages. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 604611 | 2007-10-23 20:42:00 | You only get the Windows CD, driver CDs etc with a real computer from a real computer shop. Been that way for ages. Is PB technologies a real computer shop? |
plod (107) | ||
| 604612 | 2007-10-23 20:45:00 | With the new HP laptop we get, you have to make ISO's (17 CD or 3 DVD) for images, however no Vista DVD\CD as such! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 604613 | 2007-10-23 22:04:00 | a few of the brands have the pc set to make restore cd's/dvd's when you first start it. of course most people skip that and often don't have the blank media to do it with anyway. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 604614 | 2007-10-23 22:09:00 | Is PB technologies a real computer shop? Yes but they also sell non-real computers. |
pctek (84) | ||
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