Does Dell Ship XP with NTFS or FAT 634

10:56 ET in the "Dell has changed it policy on OS disk" thread:

"Go to the main Dell site, select the Small Business section, select Desktops. Once there, under the "Browse our desktops" heading select the "Dell Alternative Operating System Desktops.

From that page

You will find that while the FreeDOS "kit" is provided, it is not installed, and you have the option of installing whatever OS you desire. It also states that "Select n series systems are also available with Linux."

Limited selections, though, only the 24XX-3000 in the Dimension line. A little better in the Optiplex line. Precision are offered with Linux. Guess I may rethink, since I'll probably want the then current 4love-8love Dimension equivalents. May have to factor that purchase of my own XPPro into the higher priced Dells if it turns out that I can't get an XPPro-only install CD from Dell so that I can do a clean install off my own XPPro." -- OJ III Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading. Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.