With every successive wave of new product from Apple, the industry as a whole has been altered, ever since the first, “gumdrop” iMac. We still see jewel toned translucent plastics, over a decade later, across all manner of consumer products. Titanium PowerBook? Same. Aluminum tower? Same, but plastic. iPod? Same. iPhone? Same.
I see some obvious knockoffs but I also see some Windows laptops that are in many ways better than MacBooks. The iPhone? Yes. They set the standard on that. The iPod, a forerunner of the iPhone, was a great compilation product. But don’t forget AppleTV. AirPort Base Stations? Sure, I want to pay twice as much for a wireless router. AirTunes rather than an FM transmitter?
Love my Macs, but everything Apple is not “magical”.