Legacy users of Apple Mac products may remember the company's transition from PowerPC processors, manufactured by IBM, to Intel processors in 2006 to 2007.

The Apple TV is often marketed as a consumer device, and for good reason. It provides a fantastic home theater solution, allowing you to ditch DVDs and Blu-Ray discs and watch movies, listen to music, and view pictures streamed directly from your Apple Macbook, iPad, or iPhone.

Evernote, a collection of software applications designed for note-taking, has become one of the most popular solutions for business types and can be used by virtually anyone who has things to do and people to see.

One of the questions going forward for anyone looking to purchase a customized laptop relates to how the cloud computing revolution will affect their hardware needs.