HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

[Jerry Feldman]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:47:31 -0500
Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:

> I'm also not surprised over the Presario response to Linux. I got a 
> similar response when a school was donated one and we needed to
install 
> Windows NT on it (the application required it), instead of the XP Home

> it came with. (Albeit that WinNT is an old OS.) HP/Compaq said the
only 
> configuration which worked was the one it was shipped as. We got it to

> work anyways, of course, though we had to install a network card.
The support people work from cookbooks. There was a rumor that Compaq
would void the hardware warranty if you installed another OS (FALSE),
but the support people only speak the installed OS. Some repair people
at places like CompUSA were using that line because their tools were
Windows based. 

BTW: most people I know who have IBM thinkpads like them. Additionally,
both IBM and HP have very strong Linux programs. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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