Re: running linux voids warranty?

From: Captain Dondo (yan_at_NsOeSiPnAeMr.com)
Date: 07/07/05

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    Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:16:21 -0700

    General Schvantzkoph wrote:

    > HP sells some laptops with Linux, they sell others with FreeDOS which
    > pretty much assumes that you are going to put Linux on it so I can't
    > imagine that they will void your warranty if you put Linux on the box. The
    > problem comes if you remove Windows altogether. The service people are
    > trained to deal with Windows boxes, they don't know Linux from from french
    > toast. If you buy a laptop that comes with Windows you would be well
    > advised to keep a Windows partition on the machine. That way if you have a
    > problem you can boot into Windows before calling the service line.

    While running linux won't void your warranty, Toshiba support will not
    even talk to you (and thus won't issue an RMA) unless you have the
    *original, Toshiba supplied* MS Windows up and running....

    So, no, they won't void your warranty, but they won't honor it either.
    I had a couple of keys go bad, and Toshiba refused to even talk to me
    unless I could reinstall the CDs that came with the machine...

    I like my Toshiba laptop, but I probably won't buy another just because
    of that policy.....

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