@smokey @brentsimmons When the iPod catapulted Apple as a mainstream electronics company did Steve Jobs "take his eye off the ball on Mac"? No, he didn't, so what can we look at, the iPad? It is not in the same position as the Mac was then re: power and capability.

There is no alternative; this situation is similar, except the iPhone has made a ridiculous amount more money, and so I can't help but think of it in a similar way.