Text 8274, 43 rader
Skriven 2005-06-01 19:30:56 av Alan Zisman (1:106/2000.0)
   Kommentar till text 8257 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Re: OEM Restore.
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-=> Charles Scaglione wrote to August Abolins <=-

 CS>> No operating system CDs.  However, a small program that can be run
 CS>> one time will create a full install CD containing the operating
 CS>> system. This
 CS>> is not a recovery CD but an actual full install CD.  Of course the PC
 CS>> must be equipped with a CD or DVD burner.

 AA> I had a little chat with an IBM Thinkpad rep (in my quest to evaluate
 AA> the Off-Lease Certified offerings), and asked about what options would I
 AA> have incase I need to re-install the OS.  They said that TP's come with
 AA> a feature (via F11 key) to burn an install CD.  Ofcourse that requires
 AA> burner.. but they said that a USB-installed external burner will be
 AA> satisfactory for that purpose too.

 CS> Thanks.  I should have mentioned that too.  IBM is providing a way for
 CS> its customers to create a full install CD.  Likewise with Dell (as
 CS> mentioned before).  It seems though they are in the minority.  Even
 CS> Toshiba with a very large market share of the notebook computer
 CS> industry, does not provide a full install CD.

 CS> Perhaps Alan would like to comment (a bit off topic) if full install or
 CS> restore CDs are provided with Apple machines?

 All the Apple systems I've seen (including a new-last-Fall iMac) include an OS
install CD and a system restore CD (which can be used to install individual
applications from the application bundle included with that particular model).

 Apple's OS CDs are of two kinds-- the retail versions can be installed on any
Mac (assuming appropriate CPU, RAM, and drive space); the versions that ship
with hardware often will only install on that hardware model.

 Generally, unlike many PC manufacturers, Apple includes a number of
full-version 3rd-party programs- Quicken on my iBook, QuickBooks on some other
models, for example. A 30-day trial version of MS Office, however.

 I set up a new IBM ThinkCentre at my work this week; it came with a 90-day
version of Norton Antivirus which I uninstalled-- and no CDs whatsoever; I'll
try the F11 trick CS mentioned after I drag in an external burner... we got it
(won in a draw) with CD-ROM only.
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