I wanted to return the rescue disk and get a refund - no can do they said - there are no channels for this. They said - you want this laptop? Then you get Windows.
I needed warranty service a short time later and had to set my lilo timout to 1 sec and make the default Windows. Why? If they know you've modified the OS install, it voids the warranty. True story.
Turned out ok though as I have to test our hardware for all our Windows users out there. The MS monopoly aint goin away any time soon sadly. MS has the OEM market by the short and curlies, that's a fact. Plus, they're in cahoots because they know that with every new Windows OS, people will be flocking for new hardware, as it's a given that Windows uses more resources with each iteration. Puuuuthetic.
Ciao~~
Jason
Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 22:03 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
It is quite difficult not to give them any money. Just consider all those "free" OEM-version of Windows you get with most computers.
only if you buy a laptop, if you want a desktop its pretty easy to avoid.
