Getting to Know Apple
While my first Apple product was a Macintosh back in the day, fooling around with games the likes of Math Blasters and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego, my first modern purchase was the PowerBook G4 17" in 2004. An absolute beast, and it still works, two decades later. I'm working on getting a photo of it for you guys, but for now, a placeholder:
We won't speak about the amount of days I spent running World of Warcraft on it.
The point is, this was the beginning of my relationship, or my wallet's relationship, with Apple, a very "late-stage" capitalistic company. This was a time, in college, where I just wanted the coolest, most expensive gadgets. Exactly the same as now, lol. And holy moly the privilege, it was on my parents' dime as I brazenly exploited the boomer's (more on them later) quest to "provide the best for their kids". Which is not the same as now. This face: 😅.
Since 2004 then, I've been following Apple in the news, interacting with their retail, support, and even corporate staff, and of course working with essentially every product they've made in the interim.
I'm out of time, but: