Re: Re: ACER Aspire 5000 <- Will these bios bugs ever be fixed?

[Erik Slagter <erik-KW7PGP3XNp7a5EbDDlwbIw@public.gmane.org>]

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On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:15 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> >>I did contact Acer and ask them to just apply some easy fixes
> >>for the Ferrari 4005 battery detection. The reply I got was
> >>very surprising. Basicly she told me they don't want my
> >>business if I use anything other than windows.
> > 
> > 
> > Dell is even worse. If you tell them you run Linux on your laptop they
> > will try to convince you it may damage your hardware and you won't get
> > any guarantee whatsoever etc. (this in reply to a simple purely hardware
> > based question)
> 
> There are enough programs available for windows which can damage
> hardware just fine. Besides that, it is impossible to determine
> whether Linux ever was installed on such a machine if you make
> a backup of the harddisk before the first boot and restore that
> backup if problems appear.

Well actually, that's not my biggest issue. It's the attitude of
complete ignorance and at the same time complete arrogance that really
pisses me off.

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