well Marven, I would like to explain why Windows programs in particular are tough to warrant. Intel and Microsoft were able to dominate the home computer market by undercutting their competitors on price while offering close enough on performance. They won on price because they championed an open architecture that allowed all comers to sell hardware. Your computer was probably purchased from a different vendor than mine, probably has a different microprocessor chip, a different amount of memory, a different clock speed, a different version of the Windows operating system, a different service pack, a different video card, etc. etc. This competition drives down the cost but also means that there is no such thing as a standard Windows computer. And this means I can't test my software on a standard Windows computer.
Microsoft sold software developers on the idea that they could write programs that were hardware independent, meaning that their programs did not need to be aware of all these hardware differences. The vagaries of the hardware actually present in a computer are supposed to be hidden from the application program thanks to the presence of device drivers which are yet more software not written by either Microsoft or the application developer. You've undoubtedly heard the phrase, "You need to get the latest driver." In short, your computer has a collection of device drivers that I don't have access to and hence can't test with.
For more information , please do visit source site:
http://www.computerscie ncelab.com/F AQ.htm#Warranty
Hope it will help you out.
Answered by
Uttam
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at
8:06 PM on May 27, 2008