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!