WHY DID MICROSOFT ENTER THE CONSOLE RACE?

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ironman said:

bdbdbd said:
@Ironman: Sheesh, i think you just argue for the sake of arguing.

And no, you can't change ECU or ABS unit without losing the warranty, unless the parts have manufacturer licence. Good luck with "tuning" ECU and going to the car manufacturer complaining about the car not running right.

lol, you got me!!! Oh, and I only argue when I'm right!

And yes, you can change the ECU and ABS units without voiding your warrentee. As long as the manufacturer cannot prove that those specific parts caused damage (and like I said before, it's very hard to do) your warrentee is still upheld. Now, as far as tuning goes, it is very easy to destroy the engine by changing settings. So yes, that usually voids the warranty. However, Tuning, and replacing are two very different things. You never said anything about tuning in your origional statment, so that has no place in this discussion.

They aren't even going to fix it if they notice you have a 3rd party ECU. All they say, is you should go to the guy who sold you the unit.

Well, in reality the ECU isn't changed, only the chip that includes the program for engine control (which is a blanck chip, until the chip, along with the engine program, is sold). Due to the nature of these chips, only tuning chips are available, if you didn't know.

In any case, the point still stands. When buying a car, you would have the option to buy whatever car you like, but not the option to choose between these parts, which is the case in computer market. For every other component in computers, the vendors have at least two suppliers, but for operating systems only one supplier. This is why M$ has its virtual monopoly -> Windows is de facto standard in computers.