[darkwing104]

I prefer bare-bone systems without an OS. That way I control what goes on my systems instead of Microsoft.

[RandallFlagg]

Heh! Yeah.
What are they gonna do next? Attempt to prevent people from BUILDING their own systems?

(something I've been wanting to do for a long time now, but never seem to get around to it)

[ChildOfThe60s]

I've been building mine off and on since my 386 dx 40. Sure is nice to turn it on and not have time to go take a shower while it boots up.

Of course with my laptop I had to spend [waste] time cleaning it up as soon as I got it. Unbelievable the amount of useless, resource wasting garbage they put on it. And on my Vaio, most everything of any use was 90 trial anyway. When you get down to it, there isn't much worth crap except the OS on them anyway.