ok, pre public versions of products might be more reasonable. i doubt steve wants the annoyances of true prototypes.
back in the 60's or 70's, my father was just a plant manager for a stove company, but we had a microwave long before anyone else heard of them. even then i never envisioned they would become what they have. so if i could have a microwave, why wouldn't steve already be playing around with G5's and flat screen imacs?