I remember that feeling too, especially with the LC. I still remember the first time I used an LC (not until 1991). I instantly fell in love with the machine and a few months later had one. (That same LC I bought in early 1992, right before it was discontinued, is sitting directly to my right as I type this).
And to think the PowerBooks are 17 this year...I remember when they came out (as well as the Quadras). I used to go to Office Max just to see the PowerBooks on display and always asked for one for Christmas...first it was just a PowerBook, then the 165c, then the 180c, then the 540c...didn't get a Mac laptop until 2000 when I got a clamshell! (That machine is directly behind me as I type this). When I didn't get the laptop all those years (despite being on good behavior) I had just assumed Santa's elves didn't know how to build a laptop...
(Santa Claus, if you're reading this, don't get ANY ideas about outsourcing...)