[TheDopp]

Clearing some misconceptions:
And Apple regularly gives back to the OSS community, so they're not complete dicks.

Proof link?

Last time Ive checked my android it has a copyright reference to BSD (?) in 80% fucking files, cant say that about Iphone. Maybe because I don't own one.

http://www.apple.com/opensource/ (current builds at http://www.opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-1064/ )
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/
And those links (for some reason) doesn't include Webkit, one of its largest OSS projects.

Now lets clear up some misconceptions:

2. You can upgrade your macs (when the hardware isn't integrated) without voiding your warranty. This includes RAM, HDD, etc.

As long as you buy buffered ram and said upgrade doesn't need drivers (like video cards) because if you don't buy it FOR MAC they refuse to give you the proper drivers to use them. And don't think you can pirate these, they litterally modify the firmware of the motherboards to deny cards that don't have proper GPU firmware.

so they're not complete dicks.

Except when they release a service pack and declare that it is worth 200$ (lol snow leopards)

4.a. If you realize that the parts you're buying are the same as you can buy from somewhere else to upgrade, don't by them from the expensive source you're getting them from.

UNLESS they are said parts that literally will be denied by the motherboard.

-http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MTM3NDgwNjU I'm not sure where you're seeing $200. Traditional releases like 10.5 (10.6 was a special case) are $99, with Family Packs for ~150.

-Your use of the term 'Service Packs' is stuck in the Microsoft world where if an OS release doesn't have a fancy name or date attached to it it must be a service pack. 10.6.4 is a service pack. 10.6 is a new OS over 10.5, with new functionality. It's the same basic kernel, and contains many of the same OS extensions 10.5 used, but the added functionality and stability is what you're purchasing. 10.6 may not have been such a huge leap as 10.5 was to 10.4, but was more than a bugfix collection.

-If you're wanting to use the bleeding edge graphics cards, fine. Install them in your mac pro (which I've already said was a steaming pile), and then switch to bootcamp to use them for something (Macs have no games, remember?). The OSX drivers may not exist.

-Buffered(registered) memory is an antiquated (if previously true) stereotype. My iMac takes unbuffered. Modern Macs take unbuffered.