Re:Been wondering for years.. (Score 1)

It frustrates me to no end, but I don't know what I can do about it save for complain, which I have to them. I know, buy from someone else, roll your own, etc...but I've done that in the past, now I want some kinda 'just works' hardware that I can buy and trust. I'm just curious why you consider hardware from Dell to work better or more trustworthy? Nothing against Dell, I've spent a lot of money with them over the years, but there are literally dozens of very established online dealers that will let you build a box online and choose every component and won't try to rope you into also buying an OS. Also, you usually get more choices than with Dell - you can of choose from dozens of cases, extras, etc. One tip if you want to order from Dell and not buy an OS: I've always found it easier to do this through the "Small Business" section rather than the "Home User" section, even if my small business was just myself. In the past, you also got a better price this way, say configuring a "workstation" instead of a "desktop PC."