[WriteLog] Ports

K4SB hamcat@directvinternet.com
Wed, 25 Dec 2002 04:49:41 +0000


> At 07:20 PM 12/24/2002 +0000, K4SB wrote:
> 
> >What I would caution about is that Dell, among others, do not use the
> >exact version of Windows which you would obtain if you bought your own
> >copy. In other words, it's proprietary to Dell, just as the Gateway
> >one is to them. The Dell OS is not the same as the Gateway OS,
> >although both may be called XP.
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Let's clear this up...I did NOT say the proprietary version would not
work as well as an
OEM. Just that the "p" system may have some drivers on it which are
not on the OEM. Or
it may work a little differently when you perform some function.

73
Ed