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to add to this confusion... i recently received a replacement hard disk for
a laptop that did not come with a windows cd... but the replacement hard
disk came with a cd! i never made the windows cd as i already have plenty,
but it was a nice surprise.
as for latitude vs inspiron... when people say that the latitude are more
geared toward business that means the following... 'real' docking stations
are available for some latitude models but no inspiron models, longer
product life cycle in the latitude line means that the first laptop a
company deploys is the same as the late one deployed months later, and some
models are the same as latitude in almost every way except the quality of
the case.... but having said all that, just get which ever is a better
value for you at the time when you need to buy... the prices sea saw between
home sales and business sales... shop hard and get a great value.
"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> <ahall@no-spam-panix.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Tom Scales writes:
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>> Tom> "Gerhard Fiedler" <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote in message
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>> >> Nicholas Andrade wrote:
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>> >>>> Is there GENERAL difference between these two?
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>> >>> A side benefit of going Lat is that they will include a base 3 yr
>> >>> warranty and you can still ask to have the Windows install CD
>> included
>> >>> with the order.
>> >>
>> >> I've received (without ordering anything special) a Windows
>> installation
>> >> CD
>> >> with both Inspirons I bought: 7500 (Win2k) and 8200 (WinXP).
>> >>
>> >> Gerhard
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>> Tom> Yes, and that policy has changed, at least in the US
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>> With my mother's new Dim 5100, an XP-Home CD came, and no
>> resource (driver) cd. This is from Outlet.
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>> I will be downloading all the drivers and burning her a CD
>> with them on it.
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>> --
>> Andrew Hall
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> Interestingly, my outlet I9300 came with media too. My 'regular' I6000
> did not automatically (same media though).
>
> Have to say I love both and both are very rugged
>
> Tom
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