Does it work on a plain jane box? I don't think it does. Did you read what I wrote? The bit about using Macs to manage a network? It *was* the point I was making.
In addition, my G4 has a three button, wheel track ball that works quite well, Thank you.
Well that's fine, so what...every Mac I've ever used has one stupid big button. That hinders productivity IMO...
How much money would it cost for me to put OSX on a box that I buy all the individual parts for and set up myself? Can I do this, or do I need to go through Apple to make this happen?
The point is that the Mac can have whatever type of input device the user wants... one button, two button, three, wheel, trackballs... any USB pointing device, whatever. Your opinion is un-informed. YOUR limited experience has shown you only one-button meese does not qualify you to hold that opinion.