On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 13:43 -0400, 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. No, they don't sell them at all with linux- except maybe on their server line. And yes, they refuse to fix them unless Windows is installed. Got 2 laptops myself and have this problem everytime I ring up- it wont boot at all- must be the wrong OS installed because POST fails...
