Yes, I wouldn't argue that the iPod shows a vision, but the push on OS X, and other things, from 2004 or so onwards feels in a different league, at least to me,

Yes, I wouldn't argue that the iPod shows a vision, but the push on OS X, and other things, from 2004 or so onwards feels in a different league, at least to me, compared to around 2000. Also, look at how slowly OS X improved in the first few releases, and compare that with the way that every single iOS release just hits the ball out of the park. It's like night and day. Something that makes me somewhat uncomfortable, is the relatively lameness of Lion in comparison to what came before. To a small but noticeable proportion of users, including myself, Snow Leopard is more attractive than Lion, and luckily, it should be supported for a while by virtue of being the last 32-bit intel supporting OS X.