Yep, the people in forums like this tend to forget that at least 90% of the owners have no clue about rooting, what it is, how to do it, or that it even exists. Just read the actual forum at B&N's website, most are clueless. And even some like myself who could root choose not to because I personally bought the NC to read on and I think Android sucks. Now if someone figures out an easy way to install Windows 7 on it, I'll perk up my ears. Windows 7 does tablet correctly unlike the kluge smartphone OS called Andriod!