Warranty period for new HW

[Daedalus]

A one year warranty is a standard statement for lots and lots of electrical goods (see the Kindle mentioned above for a good example - Dell are another good example, giving a one year limited warranty on their computers). However, the full text of these warranties usually includes a line to the essence of only applying to the extent of local law ("your statutory rights are not affected" or something maybe). That is, they offer a one-year warranty except where local laws say otherwise. So, if you live in a country with no warranty laws, you get a one year warranty, but if you live somewhere with a 2 year warranty law such as an EU state, you get the two years.

[Daedalus]

@drHirudo

Yeah, I think there's a mixture of the various statements in the thread - the business-to-business thing, the EU-specific laws and the standard limited warranty statement. It would be normal for the distributor to tell you 2 years since they're local, however Dell have on their website that a standard warranty is 12 months and a 3-year warranty is an optional extra...