I have been using a Dell XPS, and the kind of warranty that comes with it is you call explain the problem and the next day a technician comes at your home with the pieces necessaries and solves the problem. It was a 3 year warranty and with the possibility to pay for more years. Not bad in my opinion.

Even less expected profit is not equal to loss. Just wanted to say that.

Did anyone else think about that?

"You've got a tiny number of heavily selected freaks of nature, endowed by various quirks of heredity with highly atypical phenotypes, augmented by years or decades of carefully designed training... " Not always http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gl0wKhizRw&feature=related

I'm not so sure... I've seen lots of 18 years people that only know how to use Facebook...

I like your point of leaving your house unlocked... but it look likes more as if you left your house fully open... there's no need to solder or unsolder anything to hack the nook... just modify some files from an SD card. But once I buy a nook it's MY fucking nook