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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by Waterluvian on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:51PM (#16813031)
I had almost the exact same experience with my MacBook. I made it into a hackintosh and later tried to have the keyboard replaced (the white ones that would stain yellow).

They gave me a hard time about it but ultimately agreed to do so. I think the store person was just following a script.

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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by jsight on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:53PM (#16813046)
How can a MacBook be a hackintosh?
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by Amelorate on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:57PM (#16813101)
I assume Waterluvian is using the term to refer to a mac laptop with Windows or Linux installed onto it.
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by Waterluvian on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:14PM (#16814479)
Correct. I used the wrong term.
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by blhack on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:56PM (#16813089)
Install Linux on it.
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by jsight on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:59PM (#16813117)
Ah, that is kind of the opposite of a Hackintosh. A Hackinlinux, perhaps? :)
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by rjbwork on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @01:18PM (#16813313)
A Macinix perhaps?
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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by post_break on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:53PM (#16813052)
How do you make a mac into a hackintosh?
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