[huskerlug] Dude, you're getting screwed. (Buying a new Dell computer)

http://www.cypherpunks.ca/dell.html
 Near the bottom of the article is this paragraph:

 "It's also interesting to note that everyone except Mr. Burley assumed tha=
t I was talking about a Microsoft screen which included the Windows EULA, u=
ntil I told them  otherwise. This was a Dell screen, with no EULA, and I'm =
surprised that none of these people were aware of its existence.


 After all this, we *did* try to boot off a Linux install  CD. That just to=
ok us to the same screen as before. So we had to go into the BIOS so that i=
t would try to boot off  the CD before the hard disk, but after we did that=
, Windows started to boot, without having displayed the  "press a key to ag=
ree" screen. We quickly powered the machine down before Windows started. [T=
hough now you no  longer get the "press a key to agree" screen when you tur=
n it on, even with the BIOS settings back the way they were.] "

 It is interesting to note that when the guy tried to boot a Linux install =
CD the BIOS kept him from doing so. =20
They've got dual booting locked out, and they got overwriting locked out by=
 virtue of BIOS software, which can't be bypassed.

 Tell me again how the DOJ negotiated settlement was going to make Micosoft=
 behave like a good citizen?
=2D=20
Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals
GrayGeek

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