While I won't mention the brand (because I happen to like it), I was once told by a similar support rep that they wouldn't honor the warranty after I installed

While I won't mention the brand (because I happen to like it), I was once told by a similar support rep that they wouldn't honor the warranty after I installed Linux on it. Yeah. I took the drive back to Fry's and simply said "it doesn't work on my machine", and they replaced it.