On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 15:59 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > No it isn't. Many of ASUS's notebooks come with a worldwide > warranty, > the eee pc isn't one of them. This is a problem if you take > your > Australian eee pc overseas on a trip and it dies. > > Remember the eee pc might have become a Linux geek must have > toy, but > ASUS's marketing dept doesn't see it this way. The original > market is > education, school kids are unlikely to need a global warranty. > > Cheers > > Dave > > While the warranty states that "If service is required: You can > contact your local reseller ... or Asus service site in your country", > at the back of the warranty booklet it says: " Asus does not provide > the warranty service outside of the country you bought the Eee PC". >
And you will find that it is later which is enforced by ASUS. > By the way folks, it was not Grace Brothers but Myers that had the > original franchise. Until 2004 Myer was Grace Brothers in NSW/ACT. Just like many people still call the Monash Fwy in Melbourne the South Eastern, quality old brands die hard. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
