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BIOS-Approved PCI Cards For Laptops

Posted by timothy on from the to-benefit-the-consumer dept.

derek_farn writes "First there were printers that would would only work with vendor annointed ink cartridges; now we have laptops that will only boot with vendor annointed PCI cards. Keeping a list of approved PCI cards in the bios is one way of ensuring that customers renew their maintenance contracts. How else are they going to be able to plug in a PCI card released after the last BIOS update?" My HP laptop is several years old; can anyone confirm this?

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  1. Re:Yes, by all means by OrangeTide · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Almost makes you want to buy a Mac doesn't it?

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  2. So buy a Mac by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Then you don't have any choices, and the problem goes away. :-)

    Hey! I tease! I own a dual G4 and a 15" Powerbook! Calm down!

  3. Re:The correct answer is.... by rainman_bc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd put it's age at about 14.

    And judging from your use of contractions incorrectly I'd put your nationality as American :-)

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  4. Re:Page out of Apple's book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    OSX will refuse to boot if it discovers most any RAM upgrade you didn't buy through an annointed Apple reseller.

    Of course they do that to ensure a consistent, quality user experience, not because they can charge 3 times as much for the same memory that way...