Vendedores que se recusam a reparar PCs pq n têm SO original

Este post no slashdot tá bestial, explica o que fazes quando os vendedores se recusam a cobrir a garantia do hardware do PC porque o sistema operativo não é o que vinha instalado. A conclusão é que na Europa e no UK os defeitos de hardware do PC estão cobertos pela garantia.
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I will only buy a laptop if I can change the HD, and I buy a laptop with the smallest HD possible, then the first thing I do is pull the drive, put the biggest one in that I can afford and trust, install my OS of choice, and save the original HD for sending in with the laptop for warranty repair. This way, no sensitive files could be recovered from it as well - which is a nice added bonus when a laptop is send off for repair who-knows-where... Also a good idea to plug in the factory drive every few months and update windows etc. on it, and maybe a few office documents, that way it looks like it's been used in case the RIAA wants to see it :)

As a lawyer I would suggest next time you kick the manager squarely in the nuts and reply "Software did it".