My best Apple purchases in 20 years of being their customer: The Macbook M1 Pro 16 inch and the Pro Display XDR. When Steve Jobs died I really thought Apple was done, but their most flawless products (imho) came much later.
That was truely the dark age of Apple.
Unbridled control over all design in one hyper opinionated guy was an error well resolved.
What got me, however, was that was the time where their trade-in program was really kicking in. I think I got $800 for my touchbar mac which made the jump to an M1 Pro 14 a little less painful. Now you don't seem to so much pay for hardware as lease the Apple experience, so long as the hardware is still good.