[steve-b]

With the addition of "Product Activation", there is simply no excuse for anything less than a plain WinXP installation CD to be included with any new WinXP system.

[Don Joe]

"With the addition of 'Product Activation', there is simply no excuse for anything less than a plain WinXP installation CD to be included with any new WinXP system."

I think HP is probably doing the same thing my father explained about the automakers when I was ten years old. He said that if they can get away with removing one screw or rivet, it'll add up to millions of dollars when they add up all the cars they sell. So, I imagine some beancounter at HP says hey, we can save fifty cents by not including a CD, if we sell two million boxes, we just made a million bucks.

[RJL]

With the addition of "Product Activation", there is simply no excuse for anything less than a plain WinXP installation CD to be included with any new WinXP system.

This make perfect sense.