On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:17:12 PDT
john kroll <jek0004 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Oh I should have given you a word of caution earlier. Hopefully you
> are still watching this thread. Once your machine becomes dual os
> bootable with windows your manufacturer will probably void your
> warranty. [...] when dell was .... Anyway they immediately voided my
> warranty.
This sounds more like an issue with Dell than dual booting. Their
support back then was - to be kind - miserable. IIRC, their support
contract was voided if you installed *any* third party software on the
machine. They claim to have improved since then, but I got burned
sufficiently badly that, even though their hardware is ok, I won't
touch it if it comes with their support.
I've never had trouble getting support for hardware running
alternative OS's. Then again, if I buy a computer running Windows,
it's going to gift wrapped and given away.
<mike
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