Lew Wolfgang wrote:
P.M. Groen wrote:
On Saturday 20 November 2004 01:47, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Doug McGarrett
[11-19-04 19:42]: This is a fairly modern machine, and XP runs perfectly on it.
false statement. XP runs perfectly in only one situation and that is in the original sealed box!
True. On my laptop there was a sign saying "Designed for Windows XP". That sign is now on my trashcan.
Har! I put them on the urinals in the restrooms! There's one there from the Win-95 days. They have good longevity if you seal them in with clear shipping tape.
Regards, Lew Wolfgang
Doesn't that invalidate the warranty? I don't know where mine is, I can't even see where it was stuck on my laptop. Acer ships laptops with Linux installed, but I bought mine from a dealer with XP installed, booted it up once to check it worked, then it was wiped and 9.1 x86_64 installed. The biggest laugh, I'd been having problems with the CD/DVD, the BIOS was reporting the make and model as garbage, so it was unuseable. I put in a support call, the guy's supervisor told him that Linux writes to the BIOS, so it may have corrupted the BIOS - luckily while I was on the phone, I rebooted and it was OK, I hadn't tried it since I got the failure about two months earler. Shows you they staff their support desks with dummies to support dummies. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====