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    Idea Storm Vote

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by alienwolf, Jul 18, 2013.

  1. alienwolf

    alienwolf Notebook Deity

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    Thought this might be nice to see happen. Factory Image Key.

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    alienwolf, Jul 18, 2013
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  2. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    I wonder why Alienware removed this feature. When I bought my M17-R1 it came with an Alienware Windows Vista CD installer, Support CD (drivers and software) and Factory image (with every software that I order it), this one is my favorite since I just have to insert it and after half an hour I have my M17-R1 exactly how I received it back in 2009.
     
    Rotary Heart, Jul 18, 2013
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  3. Yeti575

    Yeti575 Notebook Consultant

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    I went ahead and supported this idea, being one of the guilty party of not taking a backup out-of-the-box I see how handy this could be. I too would be willing to fork out a few extra quid/dollars
     
    Yeti575, Jul 19, 2013
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  4. alienwolf

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    Glade to see some fellow Aliens like this idea..

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    alienwolf, Jul 19, 2013
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  5. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Its much cheaper and easier to just supply the base dvd for win7 and a link to download drivers.
    Now, if alienware supplied USB flash drives that we could image our own systems onto, that would be sweet.
     
    ejohnson, Jul 19, 2013
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  6. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    We have D-USB for the MLK systems but we send them for troubleshooting purposes only. It would be cool to have those sent all the time.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 19, 2013
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  7. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I just want a flash drive that says Alienware on it and has alien fx lights :)
     
    ejohnson, Jul 19, 2013
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  8. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    With the price of these keys large enough to hold the image ordered on mass it would not be too expensive, but people will loose them or overwrite them lol.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 19, 2013
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  9. alienwolf

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    Thanks for the votes all support is welcome.
     
    alienwolf, Jul 21, 2013
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