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  • Macworld TL;DR: A $39.99 lifetime license to PDF Agile Premium (MSRP $119) gets you a full-featured PDF editor for Mac and Windows PDFs are supposed to make life easier. In reality, they’re often where productivity goes to stall—formatting breaks, edits get clunky, and simple tasks take way longer than they should. That’s why PDF Agile Premium is an […]
  • Macworld TL;DR: A refurbished MacBook Air for $199.97 delivers reliable everyday performance, long battery life, and serious value. Not every laptop needs to be a powerhouse. Sometimes you just need something that works—reliably, quickly, and without costing a small fortune. That’s exactly what this refurbished MacBook Air does. At just $199.97 (MSRP $999), it’s positioned less like a primary […]
  • Macworld What’s new on Apple TV? What are the best shows and movies? How do you sign up and what does it cost? This article will answer all of that, and you’ll also get a list of all the currently-available Apple TV content. There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s […]
  • Macworld If you are thinking of buying an older generation or used/refurbished iPhone, or wondering whether it’s worth upgrading your current iPhone to a new one, one important factor to consider is how long Apple will continue to offer support for that handset. The good news is that Apple supports iPhones for a long time. […]
  • Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros New co-op mode Runs on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs Easy to play, but hard to master More variety than the first game Cons Simplistic 2D graphics and animations Rogue-like mechanics can be frustrating Few major new features Our Verdict Slay The Spire 2 doesn’t attempt to re-invent the […]

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An Apple fan long before purchasing my first Mac, a IIsi

Over the years I have had the chance to own an assortment of Apple products. Some of the highlights include:

  • Mac IIsi
  • LaserWriter IIg
  • MacBook G3 ‘Lombard’
  • Cube
  • iPod (Click Wheel)
  • iPod Color (still works)
  • iPad (Generation 1)
  • iPhone (Generation 1 – still works)
  • iPhone 4
  • AppleTV (Generation 1)
  • Apple Watch (Generation 1)
  • iMac Pro 27″ with Xeon processors
  • M1 MacBook Pro and Studio

Currently sporting:

  • Mac Studio M1
  • MacBook Pro M1

Collector Macs

  • Mac Classic
  • iMac G3
  • iMac G4

My past as a systems admin had me deploy and managed thousands of computers running Windows NT through 10, Mac System 7 through macOS 16 (Ventura), and various Linux-based systems running CentOS, RedHat, and Ubuntu in higher education (Coast Community College District, UCLA), SAAS (Intuit), Entertainment (BBC), and retail (Harbor Frieght Tools) environments.

My work experience has unquestionably confirmed one truth, Apple’s macOS, hands down, won the OS war. Proof?—Microsoft Windows and every GUI which followed. Without macOS, Windows would not exist. And yes, while Xerox Parc had the first GUI for computers, it took the foresight of Steve Jobs to ship a computer with a graphical user interface controlled by a mouse on a computer for the consumer market.