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  • Macworld What new products will Apple launch in 2027? Rumors point to a redesigned iPhone to mark its 20th anniversary, an OLED iPad Air, and potentially Apple’s first smart glasses. Updated Macs, more affordable iPhones and new AI-focused accessories could also be on the way. The first launches could arrive in the spring. Reports suggest […]
  • Macworld TL;DR: memoryOS is a memory training app for iPhone and Android, and a lifetime Student Plan subscription is on sale for $89.97 (reg. $198). Ten minutes of scrolling on your iPhone usually leaves you with nothing you remember an hour later. If you’d rather spend that time on something that sticks, try a memoryOS […]
  • Macworld After a jam-packed month that included the launch of a new smart-home display, touch-screen laptop, and folding phone, Apple on Monday released impressive quarterly results leading into what should be a stellar holiday quarter. For the quarter ending September 30, which notably doesn’t include any of the above products, Apple posted revenue of  $114.5 […]
  • Macworld While we all wait for Apple’s HomeView smart home hub to ship, we’re reminded that Apple has been working on a larger, robotic version of the same thing for years. A new report from The Information shares some details about the so-called “HomeView Ultra” (which has reportedly been floated but may or may not […]
  • Macworld The announcement of the 8th-gen iPad mini last week included several major improvements on the previous model: a thinner and lighter design, a larger and brighter screen, dust and water resistance, and a big processor upgrade. As is often the case with Apple’s disjointed and confusing iPad range, however, this isolated update leaves 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.