They do tell you it though. It's right at the top of the page when you visit the registration page. It even says $2.99/month extra.

Technically, you need to be rooted for this as well...

I do agree, the SSD problem is a show-stopper that needs addressed. But we still have 25 days before the release. There could be updates still.

The same argument could've been said when Windows 95 or NT4 came out which caused a major shift away from the traditional UI of NT3.51 or Windows 3.11. Besides, Windows 8 has a tutorial telling you how to make use of the start screen in a very non-confusing way right when you start the computer for the first time…

It's not largely cosmetic. There are a number of improvements in the core that speed up both boot and shutdown (Hybrid Shutdown). On the enterprise side, they also included a system quite like the Windows Home Server drive expansion feature (I believe it's called Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012). Not to mention…

The only reason you were stuck with Consumer Preview was because you either A) Didn't make a system image that would allow you to restore Windows 7 (which was recommended by microsoft so you COULD go back to Win7) or B) Installed it as your primary OS, which could've been prevented simply by resizing your main…

At least their knockoffs make for great mobile games with amazing graphics :3

It does when they submit their site to "Internet Archive."

Ah ok.

Technically, Google ceased to be a "search company" the day they introduced GMail, GTalk, and the rest of their new services. Sure, the search engine will continue to be their biggest part, but it is no longer the only thing that defines them.

You can use Microsoft Virtual Wi-Fi and Internet Connection Sharing to create a real infrastructure network instead of just an ad-hoc though.

besides the "why would I want an iPhone, ITZ NOT RooTABLE DUMMY" statement, I agree. But the iPhone is indeed rootable, it's called Jailbreaking.

Some company butthurt over SOPA.

It doesn't wipe the individual volumes either, it wipes the MBR (and the partition table with it), then uses the raw disk access driver it drops to overwrite the disk with the JPEG stored in memory.

Also, according to the linked Security articles, it wipes the MBR (which stores the partition table.) That's how it can get away with wiping volumes currently in use.

You are absolutely correct in this. It does not need access to the disk except to wipe & overwrite.

If it stays in memory while overwriting, it can certainly wipe everything, then overwrite the contents with the JPEG. Applications in Memory that don't need to read or write to storage can stay in memory even if the storage is removed (See Live Linux distributions which run from a FileSystem stored in RAM). RAM !=…

The thing is that I've met tons of typical users who HAVE managed it themselves. Who continue to manage it themselves. You're underestimating the typical computer user and instead generalizing the stupid "idontknowhowtoworkthis" catagory.

How is that useless? You can still open files, run programs, etc. Let's also not forget that you still have the desktop.

Only if you can get into SSH or Cydia. Which if they don't have OpenSSH installed or have changed the password away from alpine (this is assuming they have a Password or PIN on the Apple UI itself), you'd never be able to get in. Also removing the service that allows filesystem access over USB secures it more too.