It shouldn't (but probably will) be considered trolling to point out that the political section of their client list consists of the Republican Party, the Conservative Party (of England), The Department of Defense, the Whitehouse, and the State of California. That section hasn't changed in that last year, so I assume it's referring to not only the Republican governor of California, but also Dubbya's Whitehouse. Sounds like they get most, if not all, of their political business from conservative sources.

That is hardly true. Upgrades once a year? 10.3 had a 1.5 year lifespan, 10.4 lasted almost 2.5 years, and 10.5 is nearing it's 2 year mark as well. Plus, the soon-to-come upgrade to 10.6 is only 29 bucks. Also, Windows service packs are minor updates, mostly for bugfixes and consolidated security patches; Apple doesn't charge for these minor updates either. All the OS X point upgrades (10.3, 10.4, 10.5) were *major* upgrades, packed with new features.

In other words, over the last seven years, Windows has not released any new features. And you're ignoring Vista, which you apparently were not forced to upgrade to; Interestingly, you weren't forced to upgrade to 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5, either. You always have the option not to buy; if you don't think the feature set of a particular release is big enough, wait for the next one, and you get double the features for the same price.