Patent ID: 8726001

Claim:
A method for configuring an information handling system, the method enabling a customer to start configuring the information handling system based upon selection of components to reside in the information handling system, the method comprising: configuring the information handling system with options selected according to user input, the configuring comprising: enabling a user to initiate a reverse configuration operation of the information handing system by selecting an individual component, the reverse configuration operation prompting the user to select an individual component to reside within a configured information handling system; presenting a list of options corresponding to a selected individual component; enabling the user to select an option from the list of options; and, configuring the information handling system to include a selected option; and wherein the user is enabled to select a plurality of options from the list of options, at least one of the plurality of options corresponding to software to be preinstalled on the configured information handling system; and, the presenting presents a list of families in which the selected plurality of options reside, the list of families corresponding to different families of information handling systems, the different families of information handling systems requiring different software installations, the different families of information handling systems comprising a basic family of information handling systems and an entertainment family of information handling systems.