This is the Modem World: How did this happen?

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My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. My second was an Apple //e. Every computer after that was an Apple: Mac SE, PowerBook 100, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. I also use an iPhone 5. Yeah, I'm predictable.

But I'm not an Apple fanboy. I don't really care what kind of computer you use. Do your thing. I just know these products forwards and backwards and they don't get in the way when I want to get things done.

And now here I am at CES, and everywhere I look I'm seeing Apple products. [iPhones](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/), [MacBooks](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/apple-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review-13-inch/), [iPads](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/apple-ipad-review/), the whole lot. Sure, there are tons of Android and Windows devices, but if you had told me years ago that Apple would be everywhere at the year's biggest nerdvention, I would have said you were insane.

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