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- From: liuyu@acf5.NYU.EDU (liuyu)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: IBM PS2 & bundled software
- Message-ID: <2139@acf5.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:09:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.011558.12797@news.uiowa.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: New York University
- Lines: 19
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- bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian) writes:
-
- >I have an acquaintance who bought an IBM PS/1 (or 2, she's not quite sure). She
- >got MS Windows and MS Works bundled with the system.
-
- >The software was already installed and she also got the manuals - BUT she
- >didn't receive any distribution disks! I think this is very strange. When I got
- >MS Windows from Northgate they also sent me a set of diskettes. She tried
- >unsuccessfully to contact IBM to see if she should have gotten the diskettes.
-
- >Anyone out there bought a PS2 or PS1 and gotten diskettes for all of the
- >installed software? What do you think about this practice of not providing
- >the software on floppies? Seems strange to me.
-
- I don't know about MS win and works but OS/2 bundled with their machines
- doesn't come with disks either. You have to backup your HD, the very first
- thing. Strange... How much can a company save on those disks?
- BTW, what if the HD is crashed or the software gets corrupted before you
- backup your HD. Do they send you a copy?
-