Here's the real reason why: Apple makes products. Other companies make hardware, and include software. Or they make software to run on some platform. Or someth

Here's the real reason why: Apple makes products. Other companies make hardware, and include software. Or they make software to run on some platform. Or something. Apple has realized that large numbers of people want whole products, not bits and pieces. It's not all that subtle of a difference, but it still seems that Apple's major competitors haven't quite got that idea yet.