Software development for apple

Hi everybody.
I intend to start developing for apple products and have some questions related to the subject.
First of all hardware,
My choice fell on mac mini
2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
2GB memory
500GB hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
OS X Lion
The questions
1.       Is 2GB memory enough? 4GB maybe?
2.       Is an optical drive needed?
3.       Which non-apple displays are compatible with mac mini, which mouse?
4.       What hardware is additionally needed?
Now software
1.       Is Cocoa Touch framework part of OS X Lion package?
2.       Is XCode 4 part of OS X Lion package? Which tools besides it do I need for software development? iPhone emulator, is it for free?
3.       Which implementation of common lisp allows calling CL code from objective-c one?
4.       How is apple developer support? Is it good, expensive?
5.       Will apple support native code apps in the future also? Why I ask, I don’t intend to develop in HTML5 and JavaScript.
6.       What about inter process communication, something like MS COM?
7.       What do I have to pay attention to in general when starting developing software for apple?
Thanks and best regards.

Hardware:
Max the ram in all case...buy 3rd party and install yourself.
There are far too many monitors to list them here. Shop according to your budget...walk into a retailer and test drive there.
Additional hardware is not required, of course...unless you need to scan documents, create videos, etc.
Software:
1. Tools are free to download
2. Free to download
3. eh?
4. Two free support tickets are included....fee based after that. Been great in my case. Forums are free.
5. Native? is supported
6. Sure
7. Broad question...if your discipline is in order you'll be good to go.

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