As a kid growing up, we had apple computers. There was never anything good, inexpensive or good and inexpensive to purchase for the computer. Hardware, software etc. All the cool stuff was for windows based machines. That experience ruined me for life on anything apple crap.
I would be hard pressed ever to own anything apple related. The kids have ipods. They suck just to add freaking music to them. How hard does it really need to be?