<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/7 Marcel Hecko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcel@shmu.org.uk">marcel@shmu.org.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I believe this is not applicable in EU - in USA maybe - anybody knows more<br>
about this issue? Im curious myself - I do have a slightly more expensive<br>
laptop - the X60s - but is has been a long time ago it have seen a Windows<br>
logo.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I couldn't find the article that I was looking for but I found some others implying that some computer manufacturers can void the warranty if unsupported software is installed.<br><br>See under the headline Note well: a relatively new development has come to light (This is a U.K. site)<br>
<br><a href="http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Warrant.htm">http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Warrant.htm</a><br><br>An old article about Dell, Vista & Linux:<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/dell_vista_raid/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/dell_vista_raid/</a><br>
<br>A Yahoo question from a consumer in the U.S.<br><br><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080427130344AAUWCP4">http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080427130344AAUWCP4</a><br><br>If this is the case, where extra conditions can be imposed on the warranty by some companies when installing Linux, I think it is best to check from whom you are buying from first.<br>
<br>Gordon<br><br> <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
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