Installing Ubuntu for general use takes about 20 minutes
The countless frustrating hours spent trying to imagine how a document should look, and how it does look are a different story

Well, it could be the other way around also, Metro being the base interface and Desktop coming as a paid addon

OTOH I wouldnt mind selecting and paying only for features that I use
Think of it this way: A Windows 8 DVD shipped at a nominal cost or freely/low cost downloadable
Contains only the bare minimal OS
You can then pay for the stuff you want
Want Metro, pay for it
Want the games (Minesweeper,etc)? pay for them,etc..
During installation you just select the stuff you want and pay via a credit card accordingly

Considering that their eBook reader runs a version of it...

When/How did installing Ubuntu become a crime?

* less than a minute

Infact, its likely that most people reading this comment would be able to do this in lass than a minute

India atleast implements IP level blocks

If ALL laws were written in a form representable by a DFA, we wouldnt have the disagreements in the 1st place

Emphasis on sample
If the retail releases also have this issue, then its newsworthy

A minor increase in sales due to people who would have avoided buying DRM'ed ebooks will be balanced out by a minor decrease in sales due to an increase in casual piracy (those who arent bothered to go looking for a pirated version, but wont mind taking a copy from a friend who buys it)
Its possible that the casual piracy may lead to more sales as well, but thats questionable at best

Do they really store ALL email traffic, or just profile and store from selected accounts?
The 3GB of mails from my GMail consisting of newsletters and college projects, and millions of other accounts like mine: arent they essentially useless and a waste of space for them?

No, Nokia does launch some of their absolute cheapest range in India exclusively IIRC

Except that most of the brands Intel has tied up with are popular in India primarily for selling ultra cheap chinese rebranded phones
Noone really buys phones worth more than USD 50 (100 at best) from them

We are FLOODED with feature phones here
Need more stuff in the high end range which is typically delayed by 2 - 6 months compared to US, if ever released
The cheapest Nokia costs less than USD20, other brands have even cheaper models