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You contradict yourself a little bit. If you decide your PC is a heater, well, then it is one! It is commercially unviable to sell it to someone third as that,
by ralfd 14y ago
You contradict yourself a little bit. If you decide your PC is a heater, well, then it is one!
It is commercially unviable to sell it to someone third as that, but if you managed that feat, it would be a bit strange if this person then came to you: "You sold me this electric heater, but I looked into it and it is warmed by an especially hot Intel CPU. So I decided it is a PC and despite you are being in the heater-selling-business I want you to not void my warranty when I reflash the firmware so I can install Windows XP to play Solitaire in long cold winter nights."
- nathan_long 14y ago>> I want you to not void my warranty when I reflash the firmware That's a different issue. I support the manufacturer saying "we won't guarantee our computer-as-heater will work if you change the software." What I don't support is "we have have made it legally/physically/cryptographically impossible for you to use the thing you bought however you want to." If I sell you a watermelon, I'll guarantee its freshness. I'll not guarantee its fitness as a boat anchor, but if you want to try that, go right ahead.