Punch Cards.

[Da Rock]

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 13:43 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 13:28 -0700, David L. Gehrt wrote:
> >> The disk drive were pretty good EXCEPT the spindle bearings were made of
> >> some space age material prone  to disintegration after a short period of
> >> use.  I knew DEC  was going to be in trouble when  the repair guy stated
> >> that the problem we had with  those bearings was because we were running
> >> UNIX not DEC's VMS OS. 
> > 
> > I've heard similar bulldust about using Linux being the cause of some
> > problem that it couldn't possibly be.  It makes you wonder whether these
> > people believe their own rubbish, are incompetent, or think that you're
> > stupid.
> > 
> Or just want to get out of warranty... there was an article (Slashdot 
> IIRC) about HP voiding warranty on laptops converted to Linux, even 
> though they sell similar models with Linux installed. Never checked it 
> out, don't care, but I assume it's true.

No, they don't sell them at all with linux- except maybe on their server
line. And yes, they refuse to fix them unless Windows is installed. Got
2 laptops myself and have this problem everytime I ring up- it wont boot
at all- must be the wrong OS installed because POST fails...