If you believe Trefis, the iPhone makes up a little over 50% of AAPL's value as compared to ~20% from the Mac line, so anyone that thinks of it as more successful is right: http://www.trefis.com/company?hm=AAPL.trefis&hk=34d9a244...

I really hope that this ridiculousness doesn't start to bleed through - the MacBook Pro is pretty much the only laptop I've ever considered usable for development, and I don't know what I'd do if I had to abandon it...

Get a Sony Vaio Z, and install Lucid?

Yes, second Sony laptop ind the last 6 years (so i had the first one 5 years, and it's still in use without any hardware problems!). Displays are top notch, as well as the keyboards on the new one, best keyboard i've seen. Of course that's purely subjective ;)

Sadly, an IBM Selectric keyboard won't fit in a notebook ;-)

I specially loved the one that came with the 3278 terminal. And the clicky ones, like the ones that came with the 3290.

Nowadays, when on my desk, the netbook is hooked up to a Microsoft natural keyboard. I would like the Sun keyboard, but Sun won't ship it to me in Brazil and local dealers want... US$400 for it.

That's what I'm worried about. The instant that happens, I'm gone.

I think I'm already gone :( I am now seriously considering mowing down my iMac and MacBook and putting Linux on them. (Not that this makes a lick of difference, but it will make me feel better)

It does make a difference. Linux needs more users, both active and passive. I'm actually surprised how many people that would be the target audience for Linux have come to use OS X instead.

User interface, user interface, quality of hardware, and user interface.

"Quality of hardware" boils down to user interface... just at the hardware level.

Their UI ability is the secret of Apple's success. Everyone else treats UI and design like an afterthought.