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    Buy 1530 thru Business Site - No crapware on Win ME 2

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by surefire, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. surefire

    surefire Notebook Consultant

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    does anyone know?
    if u buy 1530 thru DELL business site,
    does it come with no crapware installed on Win ME 2
    like the vostros?
     
    surefire, Dec 23, 2007
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  2. Urdypooh

    Urdypooh Notebook Guru

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    Windows Millenium Edition or Win ME is no longer supported by Microsoft. Why would you want it on your new laptop?
     
    Urdypooh, Dec 23, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    He is referring to Windows ME 2, aka Vista.
     
    Greg, Dec 23, 2007
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  4. Osserpse

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    Aw, someone's trying to be witty.
     
    Osserpse, Dec 23, 2007
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    Urdypooh Notebook Guru

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    Honestly..I work in IT and *try* to keep up to date. I had never heard anybody call Vista "Win ME 2" before. For me the expression made more sense translated into "Windows Millenium Edition too". (Some people don't know how to spell and therefore use numbers instead of letters.)

    As far as the "crapware" goes, surefire, having read all those posts about people reinstalling Vista right when they get their new machine I think there is enough "crapware" on the new machines.
     
    Urdypooh, Dec 23, 2007
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  6. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

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    He must never have actually used Windows ME...
     
    frazell, Dec 23, 2007
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  7. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    And it didn't work.

    Completely useless and misleading thread.
     
    Khris, Dec 23, 2007
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  8. millermagic

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    I can see the similarities between the two.
     
    millermagic, Dec 23, 2007
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  9. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    There's absolutely no comparison. Windows ME was complete and utter crap. Vista is certainly usable.
     
    Khris, Dec 23, 2007
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  10. surefire

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    guys forget the win me 2 = win vista issue

    the real que is if purchased thru dell business site
    does it come with no crapware like the vostros
     
    surefire, Dec 23, 2007
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  11. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    What's wrong with just doing a clean format as soon as you get it? Personally I'd do it regardless anyway......even if there wasn't any bloatware on it to begin with.

    Call Dell and ask them if all else fails.
     
    Khris, Dec 23, 2007
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    Work in IT? That explain's it... no on in IT is supporting Vista yet. If you had followed any windows Vista sites you would be familiar with the term Vista = "Windows Me II" Google it - countless references on it
     
    punter1, Dec 23, 2007
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  13. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    I've followed several Vista sites and none of them were proclaiming Vista to be ME II. What a stupid comparison!
     
    Khris, Dec 23, 2007
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  14. ATR90

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    I remember the days of Windows Me... :)
     
    ATR90, Dec 23, 2007
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  15. nizzy1115

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    Getting to the OP's question. They will use the same image on the 1530 no matter where you get it from. However, if your that worried, just install windows vista on it again when you get it. It will take at most 2 hours to completely install and get your programs/drivers installed.
     
    nizzy1115, Dec 23, 2007
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  16. lanwarrior

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    I think OP just want to avoid spending hours of reinstalling OS. Me, personnaly, I just rip apart the OS and reinstall the drivers again, but it took me 4 hours instead of 2 hours like nizzy1115 said because I image the HDD 2 times (Base Image, Clean Image).
     
    lanwarrior, Dec 24, 2007
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