As I'm guessing may have already been said here, since I didn't read through all of the comments, Windows piracy is actually SUPER easy. Seriously, with Windows 7 especially, a 5 year old could do it. It's just as simple as installing the boot-loader like any other program. PC game piracy is MUCH tougher to do, IMO (Not really, if you know what you're doing, but remember I'm talking about a 5 year old doing it). As far as cloud based computing goes, I think it'll be a boon for ease of access to your stuff when you need it, of course, but really, how many casual users really need that type of connectivity.