I didn't follow their products closely. Now I am seriously tempted...

Same here. I am a long time critic of the Apple/Mac platform as a serious computing platform for anyone except graphic designers, musicians, etc. I have administered them, used them at places I've worked, etc. But having seen the newest versions of MacOS and their newer product offerings, I am at least keeping an open mind. Surely I would need to see a shift in application development on the platform before I plunked down the cash on an Apple, but it's no longer out of the question. I am amazed they've turned themselves around. They're never going to have 50% or even 25% market share on the desktop, but that's not what they're really after.