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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
You can get them, but because Apple has always had a determined proprietary streak, they will cost more then the corresponding parts for a PC.
The market Apple is aiming at generally isn't interested in hacking the hardware, so no surprise.
Depending upon what you want to do, thre may be no need to install programs to do that.
As mentioned, OS/X uses a modified BSD Unix core, and installs the Gnu utilities to round things out. *nix provides lots of ways to tweak the way the OS works, though you may need to get down and dirty with config files to do it.
The UI is based on X-Windows with (I believe) the KDE widget set. Lots of ways to customize that, too, without having to install third party software.
(And for that matter, a lot of the customization possible on Windows doesn't actually require third party tools. But third party tools exist because much of it involves editing the Windows registry, and the tools provide a simple GUI to specify what you want to change and make the registry edits for you.)
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And ... that's probably where I got the idea. I just haven't seen many Apple owners in the over-clockers groups. Maybe some day ... and maybe someday people will be able to build an "Apple" product from scratch for less than it costs in the store ... but I sort of doubt it.
I guess I'm the only person who thinks that Apple exercises way too much control over what end users can do with its products. It still bothers me that you have to go through so many hoops just to change a battery on your iPod. That's another pretty car with hood welded shut ... that I actually own.