Surface Pro is full Windows 8, no reason you shouldn't be able to. Windows RT has artificial lockdowns to try and force you to use Windows store or SCCM sideloading.

And then Windows came along and integrated Lotus 1.2.3. with Miami Vice.

Apple doesn't hide the BSD improvements either. Go visit their Open Source page. You can build Darwin if you put in the work.

Have you ever visited Apple's Open Source page? You'll find they do share code, even purely BSD code.

http://opensource.apple.com/

Though I'm not really sure what your point is, nor how you got +5. Apple is not even mentioned in this story, what "stupid bullshit" are you talking about?

The gestures are there on other systems, but they "work". I've not used a non-Apple product yet that isn't jerky when running even simple jestures like two-finger scroll (including my ThinkPad).

Apple's Metro doesn't get crapped on because it isn't mandatory. Launchpad is not forced on anyone, it will pop up when you buy something from the store but the Application itself is still in the Applications folder and easily accessible. You do realize that every gesture in OS X is configurable? They default to natural scrolling or swiping from the edge of the trackpad, but you can change this from one Preference Pane.

Windows 8 does not run on ARM, Windows RT does, but it doesn't really matter anyway. So far the courts have been pretty permissive about locked down Apple and Android devices, I see no reason why this would be different.

The new tablets and phones have been marketed as appliances, complete in and of themselves and not user serviceable, therefore there is no need for users to have access to extended functionality. While users do jailbreak them and find ways around, the courts so far seem to support the appliance idea. Most of which are running ARM.

MacBook air doesn't have a touchscreen, or the iPad form factor.

People will buy this.

The Surface Pro isn't out yet, this story isn't about it. We have no idea if it will allow secure boot to be turned off, though I believe it will because they're marketing to corporations, and their own guidelines for the Windows 8 branding say it must be user configurable on x86 hardware.

If Microsoft follows their own policies for the Windows 8 badge, it must allow users to turn it off (just not on ARM).

Are you saying useful navigation software cannot run on x86?

Even if the price tag wasn't enough that they probably purpose built, or ported some software, Macs can run more than OS X.

TSA has done checkpoints and searches in Amtrak stations too, such as this one. It's just not as prevalent (yet?).

"Does Google give third parties access to my organization's data?" in the link you shared (and where I got my information) states they do so in compliance with the Privacy Policy, and later references the exact section of the privacy policy. Google Apps for Business Terms say they do provide the option to disable Google's sharing of ads, but this does not seem to prevent other aggregate data mining they may do (of search terms or location history, for example), they say nothing to contradict this anywhere.

Exactly what I said. Paying Google Apps organizations and users are subject to the same Privacy Policy as users of Google's free services. They are paying for a product offered by Google and are still subject to Google's data mining and information gathering processes.

In the case of Google, even paying customers are still the product.

Tor hidden services do not use exit nodes. There should be no traffic outside of the tor network.