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if i buy a laptop..

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will it come with a disc for the operating system so i can install additional components, such as the microsoft IME? doh:
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Most laptop manufacturers supplied a modified Windows CD that has the drivers for the laptop built into it. Others just ship a standard Windows CD, some ship a standard one with their logo on the disc and finally, some provide a non-standard proprietary system for restoring your OS.

So the answer is, depends on the manufacturer, and even then it depends on the model, the revision and so forth - companies change their way of doing it all the time.
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Odd, I was looking at laptops today at pcworld.
They've stopped selling Apple..

Make sure you get the full windows software and not some stupid reformat disk. Those things suck :(
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Lieva wrote:Odd, I was looking at laptops today at pcworld.
They've stopped selling Apple..
Perhaps their just trying to make their name fit them better?

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mine came with a windows cd
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<ankh> wrote:Perhaps their just trying to make their name fit them better?

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huh??
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Lieva wrote:huh??
He means PCWorld should sell PCs.

Although in my eyes Apple's are PCs, it's just that most people abbreviate "MS Windows PC" to PC.

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so the answer is 'maybe'.
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Ovi wrote:He means PCWorld should sell PCs.

Although in my eyes Apple's are PCs, it's just that most people abbreviate "MS Windows PC" to PC.
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i thought pc ment personal computer not software ^^
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Lieva wrote:ah
i thought pc ment personal computer not software ^^
it does hun
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