Re: Ha. Low end ethernet routers

Hello Jim,

The last three PC's I've purchased were delivered without OS and I did
the installing.


On laptops they usually don't let you do this. Some of the HW in there isn't as generic as it is for desktops. So if you wipe them and install you own stuff chances are that the CD drive won't work or the display might not wake up anymore. That would be a real bummer. At least you'd have to disassemble the whole thing to see what's in there. Dell is pretty good in that you can get that kind of information via their help files but for some other laptops that's not the case.


I'm always slow to upgrade... I had trouble leaving WFWG3.11 ;-)


Same here. If it does what you need it to do, why upgrade? 


After I hit "Send" I remembered that the only fully successful OS
"upgrades" I've done were completely clean installs... not "upgrades"
at all.


I have never upgraded an OS except once for DOS. Chances are, I never will.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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