Interesting Memo
An interesting memo went out to Dell employees this last week that says future Inspiron and Dimension systems that ship with CDRW or DVD+-RW drives in them will no longer include ANY media of any kind.
I too have recently had a warranty MB replacement on a Dell Labreastude D500 with the result that there was no Service Tag information entered into the BIOS and consequently I could...
When you first start the system you will be given an option to burn an image to CD or DVD for re-install. If you call Dell Support within the 21-day satisfaction period you can ask to have media discs shipped to you. After that they can only ship media under extreme circumstances.
In fact, I was told, it would be easier for a tech to ship you a new hard drive with a PC-Restore image on it so that you can make your own discs again than it would be to ship you the media.
Dell is moving towards a "Zero Media Policy" and "rumour" is that all software will be sold as downloadable with a $10 to $20 fee if you want the software shipped on media.
It's gonna get interesting.