I also think that Apples' current success has a lot more to do with its
Apple's current success is as a music-playing-jewelry company,
currently expanding into the status-symbol-phone market.
there is some status-symbol leakage ("halo effect")
into their pretty-computer sideline. although macophiles
will say that it's not just appearance but everything-just-works,
I would disagree, since e-j-w is mainly a result of minimizing options.
appliancehood is the asymptote of such minimization,
which brings us back to music-players and phones.
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