It shouldn't be this difficult to upgrade a hard drive ...

Besides, it would be a fun adventure, cracking open the iMac, going against the grain (the grain being the manual that says “don't bother wasting your time, it can't be done”). And if I ever buy a computer in the future, which is not a guarantee, it most certainly won't be a proper Mac. Rather, I'll buy a cheap PC, then Hackintosh it. I get to run Mac OS X, without having to shell out more money than I'm willing to these days. So let's get to it! ...