On Monday 20 August 2001 14:10, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> Yes, but that dosn't alter the fact the someone at Compaq smokes
> crack. And that they don't really care about compatability.
>
> Early Compaq desktops had a hack in their BIOS that looked for a
> specific signature on the hard drive, and wouldn't boot if the drive
> didn't come from Compaq. No upgrades from Fry's for you!
>
> That has changed, but the attitude that allowed it has not.
I bought a compaq laptop just under two years ago.
I called to complain that it wouldn't *power* *up*.
I let it drop that I had installed another O/S.
The tech support guy told me that they don't offer support if you install
non-compaq *software* on the computer.
I said "you mean non-Compaq operating systems, right?"
He said, "No, any non-Compaq software."
Luckily it was the second time I ever booted it, so I got a RMA and sent it
back. Compaq doesn't even sell *computers* or at least they claim not to,
since a computer is a programmable device. They don't sell those. They sell
information appliances or something, but if you run any *software* on it
other than what they provided, and it happens to do anything useful, it's a
complete surprise to them, apparenly.
> I avoid Compaq when I can.
Like the plague.
>
> > Joshua
>
> -crl
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