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Re: vista
From: "van Sinn" <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk> :
>
>> the pitty is that most laptop manufacturers are selling
>> the units with vista intalled & if you change to xp you
>> loose guaranty. maybe it's possible to re-install vista
>> and you are again protected.
I still swear by (and not AT) my HP laptop, gotten one year ago - which
came
with XP Media Center onboard. In June I was sent a voucher/coupon for a
free upgrade to Vista Pro, which I'm going to take advantage of just for
the
fun of it.
> Really? Are you saying loosing _hardware_ warranty for using another M$?
> Here in DK it was settled by court that customers aren't forced to use a
> specific OS, hence any hardware is fully warrented according to consumer
> rights acts. Whether the seller will/can help when using i.e. Linux is
> another issue ;), but s far as M$'s (i.e. XP) goes, they'll comply..
Perhaps not as fear-and-loathing infested as one might be persuaded to
suspect by the pseudo-fascist EU... A look at HP's UK site shows quite a
lot
of laptops coming with XP installed. Where's the beef, hm?
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- References:
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- From: "Raul Bonell" <raul.bonell@gmail.com>
- Re: vista
- From: van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk>