Re: running linux voids warranty?

From: alex goldman (hello_at_spamm.er)
Date: 07/04/05 

Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:06:53 -0700

BigJim ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting )

> what I do is buy a second hard drive and put whatever I want on it.
> When warranty comes into play I just put the original drive back in.
> Dell will not honor the warranty if it does not have the original config
> on it

I've been thinking about that myself. Does anyone know if the same policy
applies to compaq presarios ? Should I just call them and ask (to have some
minimum-wage employee in customer service make up an answer on the fly) ?

> "alex goldman" <hello@spamm.er> wrote in message
> news:2307718.vl5oECPzmC@yahoo.com...
>> Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they
>> find
>> Linux on the hard drive?

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