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Warranty question.
Hi all!
Yesterday I ordered an XPS M1330 (with Vista). Will installing a Linux distro have any effect on my warranty (bold)? 2 reps in sales said no before I made the purchase and 1 in tech support said yes after I made the purchase. I searched the web for answers, but I have seen anywhere from absolutely to definitely not! How far can I go without voiding my warranty? I want to be covered if my LED screen stops working, or the CD bay fails... etc.
Level 1:
Resize Windows partition, format backup partition into Swap and large FAT32 share partition, install 64-bit Ubuntu.
Level 2:
Delete restore partition followed by Level 1
Level 3:
Completely reformat drive to run Vista in a VM in Ubuntu 64 bit.
Level 4:
Get a $50 refund for the M$ Tax and go completely Open.
Here are the purchase details. The bold items are what I think might cause problems with reformatting.
Item Description
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
Midnight Blue
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Slim and Light LED Display with VGA Webcam
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS
Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
No Productivity software pre-installed
Trend Micro Internet Security 24-months
56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
3Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
No ISP requested
Biometric Fingerprint Reader
Award Winning Service and Support
AVerTV Hybrid NanoExpress ATSC TV Tuner w/ Media Center Remote Control
No Entertainment software pre-installed
Slim and Light LCD with Midnight Blue High Gloss Casing and Camera XPS M133
Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
Windows Vista™ Premium
Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr
Consistent answers would be appreciated! Thanks everyone!


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April 25th, 2008 16:00
Thank you Jesse, that is exactly what I wanted to hear. I didn't expect Dell to support a different operating system, I was just worried about my hardware warranty.
If I dual-boot with Vista and Ubuntu, will Dell service my computer? This seems to be the most practical solution in my mind.
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