UNSOLVED
Closed
Inspiron 6000
What CDs are included with Dell Inspiron 6000 and what CDs to be requested after receiving it. I have not yet decided for Dell Notebook. Anybody have an opinion on HP Pavilion dv4217cl? HP have better software then Dell Inspiron 6000.
Kanti
- Or in my experince, NO CD's were included. I had to request them manually, to which DHL lost once, and on the second retry, they delivered late saying the local DHL company went bankrupt.
Good luck if you ever clean install and have the OS disc you requested, Microsoft will ask you a bunch of questions like what's your computer, where did you get it, and what hardware have you replaced etc.
I went through the whole nine yards with MS when it came to the CD key, their automated online system will tell you your CD key is invalid, then you'll speak with someone who will ask you a bunch of questions before allowing you to activate your copy of windows.
And yes.....if you ever clean install, you will not be able to activate, you'll have to speak to someone and explain yourself. You'll also lose advantages like WGA, with your preinstall, windows updates and installs will never bother you for authenticating, but when you clean install, expect XP to ask for WGA, and will install a WGA component on your system, should it fail, you can forget about updating or downloading without calling MS.
My personal experience.... - Finally, I have made a decision and bought HP Pavilion dv4217cl Notebook PC from our Costco store. The brief specifications are: 1.73 GHZ Intel Centrino featuring Pentium M processor 740, 2MB L2 Cache, 1024 MB 533 MHz DDR system memory (max 2048MB),80GB HD, DVD+R/RW Combo drive, 15.4" WXGA High Definition Brightview Widescreen Display, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet Lan, Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 802.11BG WLAN, Windows XP Home Edition - SP2, Multimedia and Productivity/Finance software and much more. I have also boght D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router. HP techsupport is good as well (so far). I will buy their 2 or 3 years express repair program later on. My only complain is battery life of this machine, which is under 3 hours. But, it is fine with me.If I'm not happy with it then will return it to Costco as their return policy is six months. Dell customers service for tech support is not what it was used to be since Dell relocate their CS to India. I tried to talk my way out to Dell Canada before making my decision for HP but was not impressed with their responses. After buying FOUR Dell Computers, I was not happy to go for HP but every good thing don't remain good forever.Kanti
bacillus
2 Intern
•
14378 Posts
308
0
Posted November 17th, 2005 08:00