I want a nice, high-quality laptop or smartphone with hardware designed by the very best, and good production values from start to finish.

I can't really get that from anyone but Apple. I've got a Thinkpad, but even that very nice machine is in a lower class of industrial design compared to Apple products. Likewise, my HTC Incredible is a great phone, but bits of it are clearly of lower quality than my friends' iPhone 4s.

That's why some of Apple's practices annoy me-- because they're so damn good at everything else, they tempt me anyway.