8.04 in Windows

[Derek Broughton]

Howard Coles wrote:

Please don't top-post.

> Neither is correct.
> The hardware warranty is not based on the OS installed, that is with any
> vendor I've worked with.  I've had Linux installed on my machines since
> 2000. (Dell, HP, Clone, and IBM boxes)

Rather irrelevant what they _say_, as I've had Dell refuse to honour my
warranty precisely because I had Linux installed.

> As for swapping out hard drives, as long as the Hard drive you put in is
> compatible with the system, the only thing your original laptop warranty
> will not cover is that new hard drive.  

Not necessarily true.  At least one Dell I owned had a hardware warranty
that explicitly stated that the only internal component I could touch was
memory.
-- 
derek