For the record the restoration cds are complete ISO images. you can install parts of it when the system is booted up. but for a clean install of a os dont use it. and as im sure you have been told or heard, dont try calling into the...
Gateway as a whole doesnt seem too bad. like any company they have quarks.
as for the xp cd. well you know that reason. its way too easy to rip a copy for your buddies. but its easy enough to *ahem* create a custom cd from the...