Thanks for that link. I'm giving it a try now. Looks promising.

I know, right. At least the customers would know when and where to expect the download and can do other stuff in the interim.

Nope. Almost 18 hours later and Microsoft has completely shit the bed and not provided the operating system. I see others have received it, but I'm also hearing a lot of reports from people seeing...

Complete and total failure on the part of Microsoft as I still have received no notification as to downloading, even though I did reserve it in advance. Its not much of a launch day when you fail to...

There always has to be the 'Grass Is Greener Over There WAAAAHHHH!!' folks. You're getting Windows 10 for free, OK? No reason to moan about someone else's cabbage patch and look to scam a refund to...

The key words there actually being 'aiming to'. If it said what you think it says the quote would have been... 'Microsoft is going to replace them completely'. But hey... Microsoft is aiming to make...

Source? Other than paranoia. Pretty sure the use of Biometrics are going to be optional, just like using a Microsoft Account as your login is currently optional. None of the options are going away,...

Just wait until Microsoft starts finally pulling its ecosystem together as the primary means of accessing services with Windows 10, with theirs having favored-status. Google is going to be bent over...

Hopefully for a small fee(think it was like $5 or $10) they'll send you the DVD like they did with Windows 8 :>.

Whats cool is I have 7 Home Premium which I originally bought with a license. I got...

It isn't really about making the numbers 'look good'. Their current mode of operation is to get as many people tied to their ecosystem as possible through Windows 10, and then use that connection to...

Ahh... so we imagine gangs of roving criminals snatching phones and cutting out eyeballs to access them?

Nothing at all.

But then, if you truly believe the actual entry of the password was the problem they were looking to solve, I'd be shocked.

The problem with passwords is they tend to be...

Or it could just be on 2 DVD's :P.

In all likelihood, you're probably right. But it isn't a certainty that Windows 10 will fit on one DVD disc. If its over the limit, it won't be in disk format at all and you'll just download the...

Torrents have a 'bad name' in that they're often used to distribute pirated material.

The protocol itself has a very good name and is solid as a rock.

Anybody who knows anything at all about bittorrent knows that it can't be hacked from the individual machines that make up the peers.

Remember the last time the bittorrent protocol was hacked? Oh...

Nope. Not seeing it.

They're going to want to go day and date for marketing reasons. And if they can't handle the load in 2015, they'll be laughed off the Internet. Hence the reason why they're...

BitTorrent(i'm sure the backend for Microsoft's stuff is probably the same with some slight mods) for transferring files is extremely secure from tampering enroute. Either way.. the whole using...

You guys are missing the point. Unlike the Windows 8 Era, the point is that there will be a usable start menu and Microsoft is no longer throwing hurdles in the path of third-party vendors who make...