In January 2018, I wrote: In every other way, I don’t think the “pro” is appropriate. It’s a full size consumer MacBook. Here is the steps back I’ll take by giving Apple $3,000+ of my dollars and selling my current machine for around $1200: No Magsafe No SD port No ethernet (I still use a …
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Technology: My late-2013 MacBook Pro versus the 2018 MacBook Pro with Core i9 Chip
Finally, some stats are out. I was smart to purchase the fastest CPU Apple offered in Late, 2013 and while instead of $1999, I paid $2500 for the 512GB SSD + Core i7 2.6Ghz, I’ve been lucky because for the past 5 MacBook Pro releases, I have not seen a need to upgrade. the 2014 …
My Bike: Every Modification and Farkle on my R1200GS Adventure
On 3/22 yours truly: “As far as the list of mods, I NEED to document this but it’s massive. Maybe I’ll document ones I can remember now from Memory? No, It’s 8PM and I need to make dinner and finish packing. Thanks so much for reading. Stay tuned” A person who watches my videos on …
Technology: Parallels Desktop for Mac Ad-Ware
I went to launch Windows 10 and an advertisement popped up. I’ve written the company that I want to opt out of everything from them going forward. I also disabled auto-renew for this fall to the next version of Parallels and will be switching to VMWare.
Tech: Will I be getting an Apple HomePod?
tl;dr – Yes…eventually but not right now. —— Our use-case in the household is one Apple Fanboy and one Apple Purist. We have an Echo Dot in the spare bedroom for guests to use when they want some music while they sleep or to set an alarm. It’s a minor convenience for them and we …