Wayne, don't buy HP notebooks either. We just returned ours because the distance-pieces between top and bottom are to small. When you close the new notebooks, the keyboard leaves black marks on the screen. Can't clean/wipe these marks off. This happens with a little pressure on the notebooks. We tried it with chalk to show to the salesperson. He took the notebooks all back and we bought neither HP nor Compaq. Truly a new INVENT Michael On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:14:26 EST, Wayne R. Boyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >In a message dated 3/18/02 10:15:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > >> "HP will not send CDs for people who simply want recovery CDs >> 'just in case' or because they want to get full use of the hard disks they >> ordered". >> >> > >Never mind "...full use..." - being able to reload ALL software from original >factory media is an absolute MUST for me. Windows/PC software is too flaky >for anything else. Of course the backup copy of the software tucked into >some corner of the hard disc works very well when recovering from a crashed >disc doesn't it? No? Well EVERYONE has a tape drive and uses it regularly >for PC backups at home right? > >Wayne (possibly no longer buying HP PCs like the one that I am using now..) > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *