On Monday 07 April 2008, Bill Davidsen wrote: >Tim wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 13:28 -0700, David L. Gehrt wrote: >>> The disk drive were pretty good EXCEPT the spindle bearings were made of >>> some space age material prone to disintegration after a short period of >>> use. I knew DEC was going to be in trouble when the repair guy stated >>> that the problem we had with those bearings was because we were running >>> UNIX not DEC's VMS OS. >> >> I've heard similar bulldust about using Linux being the cause of some >> problem that it couldn't possibly be. It makes you wonder whether these >> people believe their own rubbish, are incompetent, or think that you're >> stupid. > >Or just want to get out of warranty... there was an article (Slashdot >IIRC) about HP voiding warranty on laptops converted to Linux, even >though they sell similar models with Linux installed. Never checked it >out, don't care, but I assume it's true. That was me, Bill. The vendor was circuit city, and they were given to understand right then and there that if I had a hardware problem, and it was demonstrated to be bad when booted to windows, and they still refused it, they would see me in court for breach of warranty. (A 3 year warranty was part of the package deal) I said, under those conditions do you want to make the sale, or shall I go across the street & see what Staples has, that IS your choice. They rang it up, and 3 months later after the dvd writer failed on its first lightscribe burn, I demo'ed that it was also bad under XP, and it was replaced with zero arguments. And the tech who replaced it used badly worn tools that I bitched about, butchering the screws in the bottom of it, but was rather impressed with linux & kde since it autobooted to linux. I gave him an FC6 install disk to try. You have to call their bluff and mean it. Other than that, its been purring right along for 2 years now, even the battery is original yet. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. -- A.P. Herbert
