Re: emachines warranty void w/linux

From: Ed Cregger (ecregger_at_homtail.com)
Date: 06/18/05 

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:06:52 -0400

"HaHaHoHoHeeHee" <HaHaHoHoHeeHee-_invalid@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:011962A69AEB9BDA0114539sl329HaHaHoHo@130.133.1.4...
> Just got off the phone with emachines customer service. They say
> if I try to put dual boot linux/win on my emachines comp. that it
> will void the warranty. When I asked why, rep. said, cuz the
> drivers are designed for winxp and you will "lose 80%" of the
> functionality of your computer if you install linux. I always
> thought linux was fairly hardware independent and that if drivers
> were needed they could be installed also. Is there any reason why
> linux will not work in a dual boot setup on an emachines
> computer? This computer comes with a restore partition and when
> you first start it you are prompted to create backup cds. What
> would be the easiest way to use something like boot magic to
> accomplish what I want to do-dual boot linux plus xp? BTW, is xp
> as crappy as the other versions of windows?

I bought a refurb eMachines Athlon 64 equipped computer. Had problems with
the OS (XP Home, mangled by eMachines) deteriorating to uselessness within a
week after install. Finally got tired of it all and bought a copy of XP
Professional and installed it. My OS files size dropped from 15 GB to 5 GB
and I have not had a single OS related problem with it since.

I recently installed Fedora (came with the "Linux Bible" book - great book
and free software included) and have not had a minute's trouble with either
XP Professional (Home would have been fine too) and Linux, other than I
don't know what I'm doing with Linux and haven't managed to load an
application yet. No time to read the Linux Bible yet.

I got a great deal on my eMachines refurb, but I don't think much of the
company's version of XP Home, for various reasons that I won't go into.

Ed Cregger

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