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- The new iPad Mini lands with an A17 Pro processorApple’s announced the new iPad Mini with the A17 Processor to be available as of today. The new Mini offers a boost in performance and comes ready for Apple Intelligence. It will ship with iOS 18, WiFi 6E and USB-C …
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- Apple today shared an update on new ways to help parents protect kids and teens online when using Apple products.
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- At WWDC25, Apple unveiled Apple Games, an all-new destination for players to jump back into the games they love and have more fun with friends.
- Apple today previewed iOS 26, a major update that brings a beautiful new design, intelligent experiences, and improvements to the apps users rely on every day.
- Apple today previewed watchOS 26, offering a beautiful new look and even more intelligence for a more personalized experience.
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About
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.