I've compared Macbook to other non Apple laptops on the market and Macbook is definitely more stylish. Same goes for the iPod, iPad etc. For the sake of argument in style, what other computer company goes as far as sourcing the most aesthetically pleasing type of screw for us in their products? Only Apple do that, and it's only a bloody screw for crying out loud.
However before someone misquotes me, what I'm not saying is non-Apple products are not stylish, because some of them are - however a vast majority aren't.
I still have an issue with this, everybody seems to forget how blazingly fast their chips are - or how great the cameras are. I just don't see Samsung etc as more "powerful".
I get the walled garden stuff, and yes that can be annoying - but if you define powerful as being able to reskin it, I don't agree.
If I ditched Apple, I'd only consider pure android, such as the pixel 2.
Also, I think everybody likes to forget that apple are usually part of the working group for most things, like USB-C, thunderbolt etc. Wouldn't surprised me if they went to USB C.