Now don't get me wrong, I used to be as much of an Apple-vangelist as the next man. I enjoyed a succession of iPods, running the whole gamut from the early paperweight 2gb jobs that were the size of a calculator with hard drives that you could feel whirring and clicking in your hand - through to the sexy sleek bevel-edged nano. 

For several years I ploughed though any number of iPod Shuffles. Their affordable price and my wayward financial proclivities meant that Shuffles were bought, lost and replaced with reckless abandon. 

I had one of the coloured iMacs (died), 2 Macbooks (one sold, one stolen) and even a Macbook Pro (also stolen - turns out I live in a very dodgy area). And then everything changed. I had my technological epiphany. 

I got over my Mac fascination. I was no longer going to be one of those people who went to the Apple store just for pleasure. No more iPods, Shuffles, iTunes or Macbooks. Never again would I have to tackle the rage-inducing torture that was the "Genius Bar". Enough, was enough. 

The Apple fanatics in my peer group were not supportive. My generic MP3 player was sneered at, and my creaky little laptop was reviled. Like a Scientologist who can't pay, or a Mormon who only want one wife, I was shunned by my previous Apple acolytes (or Appolytes?).

I won't admit I haven't been tempted. The iPad aroused my curiosity, but with every electronics firm about to launch their own version, (Blackberry being the latest), the iPad is no longer the only tablet player in town. 

So, now I've shared my crisis of Apple faith with you, I'd also like to share this infographic from those clever people at Infographic Labs that might help you to imagine a world without Apple - Heaven or Hell, depending on your point of view.