Will installing linux on a brand new dell Laptop void the warranty?

I plan on purchasing a dell inspiron 1525 and want to put fedora 9 on it. I have a live cd for fedora. I want to know what the best way to remove the windows OS without removing any of the drivers I might need to run the laptop (ie. keyboard, disk drive and any other if they exist) and if by doing this I void the warranty. Im pretty sure that im not voiding the warranty because the warrentys general cover hardware issuese not software right? I don’t have this laptop in my possesion at this time.

4 Responses to Will installing linux on a brand new dell Laptop void the warranty?

  1. It most likely will void your warrenty unless you make it a dual boot or something to that effect.

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  2. It will not void the warranty. You will no longer have customer service type support from your manufacture. Try http://www.ubuntu.com or http://www.opensuse.org
    http://www.crossloop.com/MichaelPorterfield

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  3. Spend a nickle and call Dell and ask the people that know. Any answer you get here could be wrong and it will not bother them any, it is not their computer.

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  4. reggie.wheeler90

    Well to be honest you will not void your warranty. The warranty will be voided if you open the machine or use non Dell parts. Using a different OS will not cause a loss of warranty.

    P.S. Micheal and anyone else that may use crossloop you can not post your link until level 2. I got flagged for it when I first got on !Answers.

    I have a Dell D630 running dual boot of Ubuntu and Solaris.

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