Bullshit.

The bootloader is signed. Use this in combination with the TPM chip (embedded smartcard) on your laptop - AS SPECIFIED BY THE GUIDANCE - and use a PIN. There's no loading the disk or getting at the data without cracking AES. At least once.

So... Start your engines.

That's funny. I went from Windows 3.0->3.1->3.11->95->98->XP on the same HD image and had the most stable 98 and XP of anyone I knew.

The OS is much more important/integral to the user experience than the (different) windshield is to driving.

Try driving down i-75 in Florida WITHOUT a windshield and your mouth open. I bet you will recant this statement :)

In other words - the government brought about the collapse *on purpose*. It was not a free market.