Re:Last time I rebuilt my PC... (Score 1)

my first pc was a 486 AST with a restore disk tied to that specific setup, including win3.1. the disk did install provisions for making installation floppies for much of the installed software. the idea's not new, been around for a few years anyway. when i moved on to os/2 and a pentium class computer, i ran across shareware that was crippled after a certain time frame, and this model served my purposes well. i paid for what fit my purposes enough to keep. i still kept the back-up floppies from the original installation though and used them as "proof" that i had previously licensed winders when i added subsequent versions of windows to whichever computer i was using at the time. now that i'm getting more accustomed to linux, i believe it's time to blow away any vestiges of M$. the insistence on more, more, more has cost them future sales (oops, wrong word, oh well) to this hick.