Zvi, I salute you for the effort you took for the grater good!
Yashar Koach! As for Israeli shops selling Laptops with pre-installed Linux - I remember a guy at the last August Penguin (2008) selling said Laptops by the staircase. I can't remember the name but I know he has a web site... Can any of you remember ? :====================================================:. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :====================================================:. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 01:04, sara fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh, well, Dell >> Israel are likely to say something like, "Since you are not running >> Windows your warranty is void," and then one would have to go through a >> small claims court again, attaching the email exchange and the refund >> confirmation to the suit... > > > I'd like to comment on this. I have a fujitsu siemens. I installed linux > and the laptop was many times at repair. Their mode of operation was to > pull out my hd, insert a hd with windows, check, repair hardware and insert > back my hd. > > So this scheme can work for every one. They usually say at the lab, backup, > etc. You always can claim that you don't ask them to repair the os, but only > the hardware. They have their test disk which checks everything, independent > of the os. And as last point, ask them where it's written that you have > warranty only if you have windows. A lawyer won't write such a thing in > these agreements/eula. > >
