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- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+122"OK, so all this got me a little worried so I called AppleCare and asked. I asked 'if I install Boot Camp will it void my warranty since it is Beta software.' He said 'Hmmm, that is a good question, I do not know let me check...' I thought Oh Crap! He came back on the phone and said 'No, it does not.' So I asked one more time for clarification. I asked 'So if I install Boot Camp it will not void my warranty correct?' He said, 'That is correct, it will not.'"
This story is WHOLLY inaccurate. Report as such and undigg. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -11/+51Bollocks!!
- eridius, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35"It's not just software though. This Bootcamp is firmware. Firmware operates at a very low level and can damage hardware. This isn't your typical beta piece of software and everyone here needs to realize that."
Completely inaccurate. The firmware upgrade was made available separately from BootCamp, and is not beta at all. BootCamp itself is just software. - rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -8/+33"NEWSFLASH: Beta's always void warrantys!"
No, BETAS do not always void WARRANTIES. In fact, I've never seen Apple claim a warranty was voided due to the use of beta software. I've personally seen hundreds of Macs with voided warranties. - MugatuOT, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30Maybe everyone should post sensationalist crap they find in forums? If it's on the Internet then it must be true.
- hyperpasta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24@Yarnage
Careful! The firmware needed to run Boot Camp was delivered in a separate update the same day... and is NOT beta and does NOT void your warranty. This firmware lets the Mac boot an OS that uses BIOS by emulating it using EFI. This firmware update also provides the new OS selection interface at boot that you now get when you hold down the option key.
The "Boot Camp" that is Beta is an assistant that can partition your hard drive into Windows and Mac OS X sections (without deleting any data!), burn a CD of drivers for use after Windows is installed, and guiding you through the installation of Windows using a Windows Install disc. Working together with the new BIOS-enabled firmware update, you have a complete solution to boot Windows on your Mac. But remember, the firmware part is NOT beta! - mark1372, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Horrible headline. Apple did not claim this.
Nonetheless, if you install beta software and it messes with your OS, that's not Apple's fault and they shouldn't have to support you on it, even if you just bought the computer. - jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Link to the forums isn't anything reliable. And if it were the case, why doesn't apple mention it during installation of Boot Camp? (Maybe they do, I don't have an intel mac)
- ltrpmac2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I read every post in the FORUM. Why claim Apple says something...when really it's just a bunch of people speculating in a forum.
Please, get the official word from Apple if it is true, rather than what a bunch of people in forums think. - rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12"You are impling that people just blindy digg"
Certainly not! It's my belief that every digger does thorough research before clicking to digg an article. :P
The fact that this article didn't make it to the front page proves it!
*aide whispers in my ear, color drains from my face*
Uh... well. Apparently the average digger is a complete moron! - pudquick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Reported as Inaccurate. Please do the same instead of: a.) digging or b.) bitching.
Here's why:
Re: Will Boot Camp void the warranty?
Posted: Apr 7, 2006 5:33 PM in response to: tobhas
OK, so all this got me a little worried so I called AppleCare and asked. I asked "if I install Boot Camp will it void my warranty since it is Beta software." He said "Hmmm, that is a good question, I do not know let me check..." I thought Oh Crap! He came back on the phone and said "No, it does not. " So I asked one more time for clarification. I asked "So if I install Boot Camp it will not void my warranty correct?" He said, "That is correct, it will not." - Daveecee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+81. Apple did not claim this at all. All this is is some crap forum post made by a user on Apple's forums.
2. The man later called Applecare, and they reported to him that installing Boot Camp would NOT - I repeat - NOT void his warranty. Reported as inaccurate. - noahlh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11If you RTFA it looks more like a misunderstanding from a misinformed store rep -- I don't think it actually voids your warranty.
- cubbieco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I appreciate digg's warning that this article is under review, but most of the people digging this are probably not reading the contents (or the forum this links to). The warning should be on the front page with the headline. Or it should just drop off the front page like it used to.
And yes this is totally inaccurate.
Apple store clerk != Apple claim
-edit- Even some of the comments make it clear people aren't reading the article or the other comments. Just like at hashkaran below me - ltrpmac2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Apple Store Employees do NOT work on commission - just thought you should know.
- Kazaki, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Hmm...what does beta mean again? Testing? Try at your own risk?
This is simply a bigger "omph" then a gentle "Baby, be careful, it might shoot you in the face" to a "I warned you foo, if you come to me missing an arm, naw uh."
EDIT: PGvildys beat me to it. - PGvildys, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11It *is* beta as they point out... wait until it goes Release, and then it should be ok.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Inaccurate. -Digg
- DannySpace, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10I doubt very seriously that this is true. This is just pure speculation that should get no press whatsoever. Meaningless.
- nicklinus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6this is just some fourm post it is not real!
- quazywabbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5the firmware is not beta, no where on the download page does it mention that the firmware is. Now bootcamp is another story all together and will I can't see why it would void the warrenty, unless you did something stupid like rewrite the firmware on the video chip or sound chip.
- Disodium, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Exactly, beleive nothing until you see an offical report from Apple, employees are idiots too
- mtlea, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7RTFA, especially the post toward the end by coreyammons
"He (The AppleCare Rep) came back on the phone and said "No, it does not. " So I asked one more time for clarification. I asked "So if I install Boot Camp it will not void my warranty correct?" He said, "That is correct, it will not."
Don't believe the misleading title. Submitter is probably just looking to incite something. - cubbieco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7This is also not talking about the hardware. This is a standard term in an EULA to protect them from you screwing up your own data. Just like Microsoft is not liable when a security hole in windows causes your data to get fried.
Yes you have to format your drive yourself and reinstall OSX itself, (thus assuming the entire cost of all repair caused by installing the beta software) but if you happen to have a hardware issue after installing bootcamp your whole warranty is not void. - fant0mas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8No digg... put down as Inaccurate
- eridius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"There's a beta firmware which you need to install which adds legacy BIOS emulation to EFI, and it would remain even if you reinstalled the OS. Apple released a firmware reinstaller, however, so using that in tandem would erase all traces."
The firmware isn't beta, and isn't part of BootCamp. It was made available separately and is a full release. BootCamp simply depends on it. - 8^)Jung, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It doesn't say anywhere that it will void your warrenty. All it states is that Apple is not responsible for damages caused by Boot Camp. Nothing changes
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Digg Spy Screenshot:
http://homepage.mac.com/neonge/.Pictures/funny/negatives.png
And still on the home page? - dmoffitt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The title of the article is inaccurate, they say "if you break it, that's your fault, this is beta" - that's pretty standard practice. Nowhere does Apple (or any mfgr) warranty your data, not even people selling RAID arrays. No Digg.
- Kuipo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7A fourm thread... now THAT is a trustworthy source.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5755-plus idiots tonight on digg.
- cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6From the page:
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"OK, so all this got me a little worried so I called AppleCare and asked. [--SNIP--] So I asked one more time for clarification. I asked "So if I install Boot Camp it will not void my warranty correct?" He said, "That is correct, it will not."
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>> Marked as "inaccurate". - Wintrmte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Completely untrue. Poster shouldn't have jumped the gun and read the entire forum thread. -digg.. boo hiss
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This is completely inaccurate. If you read the link, Apple does not say that at all. I don't see any official Apple employees saying the BootCamp voids your warranty.
- sendmesomejunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's all *****. Inaccurate.
- gigabitten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4somehow this made it to the front page when its wrong.. i suggest everybody undigg it
- DrWu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Learn about EULA's... all this means is that Apple will not pay for you to take it to a service provider to reinstall the original firmware, OS X, etc if you have problems with Boot Camp. It does not void the warranty as so many others are probably saying at the moment.
Both this comment and the original article are paranoia inducing fallacies, No Digg and lets kill this thread now. - reverb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yet another example of Digg getting a story completely, utterly wrong. This story should've been buried long ago.
- matt0ne, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Linking to a discussion in a forum where some guy was told by some guy from some apple store or somewhere is generally not a great move. Can we delete this post somehow? Where is that button... Kevin?
- 8^)Jung, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I have used Windows computers for years. Yet my OS of choice is Mac OS X. I own a Mac and two PCs (no Macs are PCs posts please). One PC runs Linux the other Windows XP MCE
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"This firmware update also provides the new OS selection interface at boot that you now get when you hold down the option key."
Actually, that's been part of the firmware at least since the original UMA Macs (late 1990s). They added support for finding bootable XP partitions, however. - synmoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Voted inaccurate. You people need to effing read.
- ThePotatoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3m'bad, just misinterpreted the little card given to me by a genius bar guy when i got my ipod replaced
*shrugs back into corner as if I didnt say anything* - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6How the hell would it void yoru warranty? You run into a problem, reinstall from your OSX CDs. How the ***** will apple know and why the hell would they care?
- sendmesomejunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This ***** thread is still up?
- ltrpmac2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I was an employee up until going back to school recenlty.
I, nor anyone else at the store, received bonuses.
We are just trying to send people home with the best solution, and are sepcifically told not to pressure anyone into buying things.
I have also worked at Best Buy - there was immense pressure there. - TheGrinReaper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this nonsense has been on the front page for far too long. take this down! it is thus far unfounded.
- macboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you get a virus, or screw up the software, it's your own damn fault. They say to backup data, and in the end, that's all that can really go wrong. It's not too unreasonable.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bizarro Digg!
- redrighthand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wholly untrue post just to get some shock value.
Call apple support and get the truth, before posting a dumb ass headline like this just to get DIGGS stop hating on the Mac users and start doing a little research before crying wolf and posting links to forum discussions. -
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