In addition to the utter lack of consideration evident from the html at dell.ca (Dell does not use "alt" tags in its html code... tsk tsk! www.htmlhelp.com/design/accesibility), this Dell Dimension XPS html code did NOT allow me to delete the microsoft OS. It gave me ONLY two options: XP Home or XP Professional. (Scroll down and see.) No wonder I don't use this "service". I wonder if CLIC will recommend against buying from dell.ca for the reasons outlined above? (Aren't advocacy groups great?) ---------------------------------------------- ?? 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