Kill Switch

[GreyGeek]

That's what you'll get if you buy a device with Win8 installed on it:
http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnew...a-kill-switch/

something else I've missed or forgotten.

Note to self: never, never, never buy a device with Win8 installed on it.

[SteveRiley]

I hate this notion as much as you do, Jerry. But, alas, if the presence of a kill switch means the product is off one's list of potential purchaes, then that means no Apple iThing, no non-rootable Android product, no Sony game console or reader, no XBOX console, no Kindle reader, no Blu-Ray player of any brand, and probably hundreds of other things I've forgotten or don't know about.

Sigh.

[GreyGeek]

Exactly.
Which is why I haven't purchased any of the items you've listed.