Re: Warranty!!?!?!?!?!

That is weird since Dell sells Linux laptops
http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:37 AM, irb <irb_plug-d@maleficarum.org> wrote:

> * Carruth, Rusty (aka Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com) used 15K on Tue, 05 Sep
> 2017 at 17:21 +0000 to say:
> >
> > (By the way – does anyone remember the ‘windows refund day’ many years
> back?
> > System vendors refused to honor the refund clause stated in the EULA (or
> > whatever it was), claiming that Microsoft had to honor it, and Micro$oft
> > claimed that it was the responsibility of the system vendors (which,
> indeed,
> > it was). But as far as I know, NOBODY got their refund…. Again, where’s
> > the lawyers????)
>
> I remember that, as part of BALUG many years ago. I never got a refund and
> Microsoft tried to turn it to their advantage by setting up a booth. I
> think
> there's a documentary out there somewhere.
>
> When dealing with warranty crap from laptop vendors I just take an image of
> the drive. If I have to send it in I don't include the drive anyway, and
> I've
> never been given grief over it. Still, having an original hardware backup
> like that is kinda cool.
>
> /i.
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