I enjoy reading old magazines and enjoy looking at their ads as well. There's something about the way they're pitched – the images, the layouts, the specs – that still gets me. I often fall into the trap of looking at the prices and marveling at them, thinking about how "cheap" or "expensive" various systems are. I …
Ruminations on the Low-Cost MacBook
I bought an M1 MacBook Air in 2020 for $1,249. It provided a significant performance boost over my 2016 MacBook Pro, even when running applications that weren't optimized for it. Since then. Apple has released four more generations of its M-series Apple Silicon, nearly doubling performance, but that M1 MacBook Air is still on sale. Not on Apple’s website …
September Interests
As summer winds into fall I've been doing a mix of things: a bit of organization and a lot of customization. Notion I’ve been using Google Sheets to keep track of my retro museum for at least a decade. I inventory what I buy to understand what I own, what I want to own, and …
The 12” MacBook
I really love a small laptop. I’ve owned many Apple laptops and my favorites have been on the smaller side - the 12” PowerBook G4, 13” MacBook Pro, and 14” MacBook Pro. I never owned any of the MacBook Airs because I always wanted the higher performance of the Pros, but I always found them …
iPhone 17 Pro: Ordered
I've been part of the iPhone Upgrade Program for 5 years, which means I get Apple's new hotness each time it's released. Last year's iPhone 16 Pro brought a slightly larger screen, a higher quality ultra wide camera, more optical zoom, and improved battery life in the same body design. This year introduces an updated …
Awe Dropping: Hot Takes
Apple announced a bunch of new stuff today - AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, and iPhone 17 Pro. These are my initial opinions. iPhone 17 Goes Pro It's all about that screen The big add to the "regular" iPhone is …
Awe Dropping: What I’m Excited For
Apple is holding its yearly iPhone event tomorrow and rumors have been flying all year about what will be announced. Here's how I feel about everything, using Mac Rumors list as a guide. Excited Scrolling the Apple Website: My absolute most favorite thing to do after an Apple event is to scroll through all of …
Well That Was Fast
A couple months ago I posted about my 2013 Mac Pro serving dual purpose as a museum item and my cloud backup machine. It’s done that job extremely well but it’s already being replaced by another Mac mini, one with an M4 chip, in fact. It's like an Apple TV... but wider... and taller... and …
My MacBook Pro M4 Max
I bought my MacBook Pro with a M2 Pro chip less than 2 years ago and I'm replacing it with a new one. Why? I'm trying out a new service called Upgraded, which is essentially the iPhone Upgrade program, but for Mac hardware. Upgraded isn't run by Apple, but it might as well be. It …
My Keychron K8 Pro
After purchasing a Keychron K6 from eBay to test it out, I learned a lot about what I wanted and didn’t want in a keyboard. I’ve settled on another Keychron model, this time a K8 in the Pro series. The Pro series has better stabilizers for large keys like space and shift, better keys with …
Relatively Ambitious 