While I agree with the broader point, the number of lives lost is a really poor metric. I don't know why so many people tout it as if it is supposed to prove something. It is one quantifiable measure, sure, but it is a pretty bad one.
They should do it at the network level depending on congestion instead of at the device level. Why should they throttle someone streaming 1080p video at 3am just because they're using an iPhone?
>Microsoft is not allowing arbitrary OSs to run on Dell's, Acer's, Lenovo's and Toshiba's hardware.
Dell, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba all make Android tablets. At the least, Dell makes Linux Ultrabooks.
I don't get the distinction from Apple. If you don't want a Windows 8 machine,just don't buy it, you can always buy a Linux machine and support manufacturers who make them.
If you can't buy a Macbook(even if you prefer the hardware) without paying for the OS, what entitles you to buy a Lenovo Thinkpad without paying for the OS? Apple takes ~50% of the profits in the PC OEM industry.
I find it hard to believe that there are a lot of people who are tech savvy enough to be able to install, partition disks and configure Linux and bootloader on a Windows 7 machine, but are suddenly unable to turn off one setting in the BIOS setup on a Windows 8 machine. And to enable them, we need to make every Windows PC insecure by default and leave hundreds of millions of people vulnerable to undetectable bootkit viruses?
It wipes your hard disk if you enable developer mode(which is a painful process in itself). And then at every single boot you either have to wait thirty seconds to go past a very scary warning or press Ctrl-D. Every single time you boot. If you switch back to ChromeOS, the hard disk is wiped again.
I would love to see HN commenters' reactions if on disabling Secure Boot, the Windows 8 partition is wiped along with any documents and files you saved locally and if you wanted Windows 8 back, it wiped your Linux partition in the name of security.