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post #1 of 12
3/18/04 at 6:50pm
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would just like to let everyone know that I will soon be a proud owner of an Alienware Sentia
i will be sending in my order in just about 2 weeks for a blue sentia extreme that will quickly have Linux installed on it.

just thought i would announce this and i would also like to thank Booga who's website and posts in this forum have helped me GREATLY in making my final decision.

-marcos.
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post #2 of 12
3/18/04 at 9:40pm
Guys like you are the reason i'm back. Let us other sentia owners in on your experience, we will be here to help!!!!!!!!!!!! Booga,Archalien,Neeko are big help.
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post #3 of 12
3/18/04 at 10:48pm
congrats
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post #4 of 12
3/18/04 at 11:07pm
The sentia will work great with Linux with the exception of the Intel 2100 wireless card. Intel is working with the Linux community to provide drivers, but as of this post drivers found on the net are "Beta". Some have reported good results with the beta drivers. I haven't tried it yet.

Sentia partition
Slackware Linux
Win XP

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Originally Posted by thebetterdays1
would just like to let everyone know that I will soon be a proud owner of an Alienware Sentia
i will be sending in my order in just about 2 weeks for a blue sentia extreme that will quickly have Linux installed on it.

just thought i would announce this and i would also like to thank Booga who's website and posts in this forum have helped me GREATLY in making my final decision.

-marcos.
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post #5 of 12
3/19/04 at 6:59am
Congrats on the decision. If you are going to wack Linux on it, did you have to pay for a copy of WinXP?
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post #6 of 12
3/19/04 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by doughnuts
Congrats on the decision. If you are going to wack Linux on it, did you have to pay for a copy of WinXP?
they will not sell the system without xp on it. I have a small business and own XP pro...wanted to have it loaded but they said they would load home on it and I could re-do it when it arrives to me.
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post #7 of 12
3/19/04 at 5:05pm
would redoing the OS void your warranty? thats the case with compaqs and such...

ive already formatted and stuff.. kinda late for me

tos
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post #8 of 12
3/19/04 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by tos
would redoing the OS void your warranty? thats the case with compaqs and such...

ive already formatted and stuff.. kinda late for me

tos
they told me over the phone that I could go ahead and do it..so I would have to say no, but call them. If it does...I'm cancelling the order...
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post #9 of 12
3/19/04 at 7:29pm
You can do it w/o voiding the warranty, but they won't give tech support on any OS than what's supplied with the system (either XP home or Prof.) and if you upgrade l8r they won't support. Only what you buy w/ the system.
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post #10 of 12
3/22/04 at 4:56am
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Originally Posted by S.S.Mario
You can do it w/o voiding the warranty, but they won't give tech support on any OS than what's supplied with the system (either XP home or Prof.) and if you upgrade l8r they won't support. Only what you buy w/ the system.
This is the impression I got as well. I know several other vendors are similar - you can rebuild it with the rebuild CD they supply and keep full support, or rebuild it differently and lose the software support. It should never void your hardware warranty though.
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post #11 of 12
3/22/04 at 8:31pm
Would shoving it up tech supports arse void the warranty?
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post #12 of 12
3/22/04 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by archalien
Would shoving it up tech supports arse void the warranty?
After doing that, I don't think it matters if you have a warranty anymore
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