I was listening to the Keynote address from the other day. On their last quarter, Apple pulled in 75% of their earnings on 'devices', not computers. I still find this astonishing. I must admit though that this was how I got into Apple was a replacement for my hp Jornada. I wanted an excellent PDA and heard that iPod Touch had 'Notes', so I got it. I started buying music for it, loved, it, upgraded to the phone. I learned that their iMac could run Windows XP (this was about 3 years ago) and I was tired of vista and no other computer company would support WinXP (a MS conspiracy to make everyone move up to vista and it was driving me NUTS) so I got an iMac 24" and man, I have loved it.
Thats my story. I am now on an iPhone 4 with 32Gigs of memory, FILLED up with movies and music. I have the iPad mark 1, 64 Gig SSD HD with 3G for when I am on the road or at a coffee shop, I can go online and check mail, sites, chat, etc. I got the Apple wireless keyboard, so I can pair it via bluetooth with either the iPhone or iPad and type. I can build manuals (if I wanted to) on the iPad with iWork. I like my bigger screen though so I use the computer for that. I linked the iMac to an LCD HD TV; 42" running 1080P with an HDMI cable.
I buy the HD's and RAM for this at Frys Electronics.
Apple has been good to me. I personally see them as good equipment and good OS systems. I know what its like to want to walk my own path, and with this equipment, I do well. Others prefer Android and Sony and other makers and equipment, and thats ok with me. I am a gadget freak and if I had the money I would get some of the others technology just to play around with them and see how they perform, like that nice looking new Nokia that unfortunately didnt launch with their own OS but with WIndows. I love the looks of the Windows OS, but heard many bad things about it, but that doesnt deter me from wanting one just to check it out as I usually find peoples feedback sometimes 'shakey' and want to find out for myself. I tend to like wild things and sometimes I see some value in things that others do now... But thats why I am me and why I like what I like.
That iPod Touch was so cool. I gave it to my sister, who fell in love with it and never gave it back when she moved up to iPhone, lol... Its like.. an... addiction!!! Gadget addiction! :S