I like my GE Monogram double ovens and 36" 6-burner rangetop. Have had no problems at all. Like you, I saw the reviews and the prices and I opted to take a chance. They come with a 1 yr warranty after all. Glad we took that chance. As it turns out, the showroom we bought ours from had a cooking with gas demo day and tested the simmer capabilities of the Wolf & GE Monogram--the GE had a lower simmer! It also has the double stacked burners like the Wolf--just no the price tag. Also, at the time we bought ours (last August) GE was running a special-buy a rangetop, an oven and a vent hood get $1K back. The $1K basically covers the cost of the vent hood, so think of it as buy the rangetop & oven, get the vent hood free. My sister has a GE Cafe refrigerator she loves, but I can honestly say that she is the only person I know with a GE refrigerator that loves it. I do believe she did have to have 1 service call on it, though. We opted for a Kenmore badged Samsung SxS counter depth refrigerator. We really like it alot. Huge cost savings vs. a built-in + the built ins are even shallower. That's why so many people recommend the 42"-48" built-in fridge. Ours cost about $3K. Then we have our old fridge in the garage for any spillover. Truly, we used the space in the extra frige for Christmas and Thanksgiving and other than that, it holds restaurant leftovers (those styrofoam containers are so large!) and extra gallons of milk. Even if you did the same fridge we did @ $3K and bought a basic SxS for the garage, you'd still come out ahead vs. doing a built-in (which will likely require a second fridge anyway). Dishwasher recommendations would be KitchenAid or Samsung. If you're going stainless, the base model KA works great and you should be able to get them for around $550-600 each on sale. We have 2 of the KUDC10FX. They're quiet & clean great--even baked on lasagna baking dish on the 1 hr quick cycle and it has a hard food disposer in it--no filter to clean! Our second choice was the Samsung 600 or 800 model which was extremely similar to the KA. As you're looking, the best advice I can give is to not get hung up on the bells and whistles. Think about the features you will really use, and not the ones that are "really cool". It's the "really cool" features that you will likely find you don't use very often and they will drive up the cost. Hope this helps!

Ok...I just copied what it said I needed from the instructions. The installation from my old Dell was all on one disk. I'd be afraid I'd mess up the installation if it ended up on multiple CDs. Maybe I should say that there would be more chance for error on my part. The instructions also said that the USB key should have a minimum capacity of 8 GB. Well, when I go to Control Panel, I see there are 45 programs now with total space of 1.12 GB. So what gives with them saying I need a minimum of 8GB? I'm guessing that it would all go on one of the disks at the link below. About them...it says, "This recordable DVD features AccuCORE technology which is 100x more scratch resistant than standard discs. Fights static, repels stains and fingerprints" Here is a link that might be useful: 25 DVD+RW Re-Recordable DVD 4.7GB

Thank you so much, zep, for the McAfee removal information. My daughter was able to totally remove McAfee. Here is what she stated: This worked! Tell everyone at GardenWeb thanks for all the help I really appreciate it. I THINK I the other issue with the sound bits is also fixed. I'll turn it on a few times through the week to check it out. Posted by zep516 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 23:59 Thanks owbist but I'd like to continue with the McAfee removal, Lets run this for McAfee removal, Download the MCPR tool from: See link below, when you click on the link a box will open on this page, click Save file, save it to your desktop, Then right click on it and choose "Run as Administrator". That should get rid of Left over McAfee files. Here is a link that might be useful: MCPR.exe Thanks to everyone else regarding removal of the sound bites issue.

Biggest mistake for me was doing a wall of cabinets pantry vs a walk in pantry. Never again if i can help it! Even with slide out shelves there is not substitute IMO for a walk in pantry. Also in that pantry between wall studs i had single can depth storage shelves placed for all my can goods. So handy! Large deep drawers for my pots and pans. I love them. Have had two versions of them . First directly under the gas cook top and second in the kitchen island. I prefer the first. Of course if you have a range style stove/oven that’s not possible. Which leads me to cook top vs range. When we custom built i thought the only option would be to get a professional style range/oven. I came to find this just wasn’t for me. I’m tall. Bending down for the oven part all the time wasn’t a good fit for me. My favourite combo is a gas cook top and double wall ovens. Deep drawers that can organize your Tupperware/storage containers. Also a very deep drawer that i could stand my foils, parchment paper, wax paper etc. Up In on their side. Made storing them so easy. Built in flatware dividers, built in knife drawer. Im not into having a lot on my counters so i don’t care for a butcher block style knife holder on the counter. Same goes for spice rack. Cabinet with cookie sheet dividers. So nice to have! Built in trash and recycle can cabinet. built in soap dispenser. Especially if your sink is on an island. Not done as much anymore but something i still love is the flip down sponge storage on the face plates under sink. Again part of my not liking anything out and exposed i suppose! if it’s in the budget a pot filler at the cooktop. It’s not a make it or break it but when i had one it was nice! Especially for filling the big pots.