IANAL but whilst you might have voided the manufacturer's warranty, or at least contravened their T&Cs, that doesn't absolve them of their responsibilities with respect to Consumer laws. It is no longer fit for purpose so I reckon you'd have a case. On 14 May 2013 14:39, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:
Not necessarily Linux related, but I just got off the phone with a certain large computer manufacture trying to resolve a failed harddisk on a 3 month old computer, and they claim that installing an alternate OS has voided the warranty. In this case the computer shipped with Win7 and the "alternate OS" was XP, but I find the claim ludicrous as I install Linux on all sorts of PC's and the warranty callcenter has never skipped a beat as long as I can demonstrate the fault in an obvious way. This particular computer is a different brand though...
What's my best avenue to force the issue? Or are they within their rights to say that I have voided my warranty?
Thanks
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