On Monday 26 February 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote: > On Monday 26 February 2007 9:46:19 pm Kai Ponte wrote: > > The articles I had read - which all delt with why Linux doesn't come > > pre-installed on mass-market systems - had to do with certifying all > > hardware works when there is no OS loaded. > > > > Now, when I used to mass-market white-box systems in the '90s, I pretty > > much just ran a DOS-based test floppy on all systems to make sure they > > worked. I used to burn in all systems for at least 24 hours. > > > > I don't know if PC makers still do this. > > MOST don't.
Dell does. 24hour burn in, but I don't know if its a complete system burn or burn motherboard, burn memory at a seperate station, etc. Laptops are burned as complete systems. Or so my Dell rep told me anyway. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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