On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:03:07 +0100
Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 23 September 2005 6:44 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> > On September 22, 2005 14:42, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> >
> > Oh well, I'll still take the OS-free PC next time I need one. Last
> > time I rolled my own to avoid the M$ tax. A fun learning
> > experience, but buying the parts retail actually costs more than
> > buying a complete machine from Dell.
My experience also. At a rough estimate, from Ideal Computing 50% more
than for their ready-made systems.
>
> Ron, if someone bought a Dell machine with XP installed and took it
> off, replacing it with Linux, do you know if it would invalidate
> their guarantee?
> --- snip ----
That is quite likely. I recently bought a Toshiba laptop from PC World and
told them I would be wiping Windows and installing Linux. They refused to give
me any guarantee, even though it was just the hardware that needed to be
covered.
Not unexpected.
--
Len Lawrence
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