Windows Will Dell do their nut if i remove their software?

Got my new lappy here, and its got all this Dell **** on it that i dont want. I wanna just chuck on my WinXP Pro over this crappy Home edn and format everything (they have an AOL icon on the desktop; i nearly cried) and start again? I dont need software support from them, only if the hardware fails which ive got warrenty for anyway. Will Dell tech (depending on whether i can get through to a human) throw a fit and refuse to look at it or can i go ahead and do what i want software wise?

 

short answer: no
long answer: definately not

 

dude: its a dell. if it breaks, just slap in that crappy ghost disk they gave you and act stupid.

 

ah yea! genius

 

doesnt help if something goes wrong and you cant boot for example
or the cd drive gets knackered
however, they still wont care

 

They surely can't moan if you've done an OS upgrade. If they do, complain to Bill.