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I'm adjusting this page so to have something nice to read for you.

I come from a first experience of Microsoft Windows environments. In 1999, when I first had a PC at home, my choice was with and assembled machine brought by one of the first on-line sellers here in Italy. It was the time of the Apple's 5 flavours iMac and the coming of the cd/dvd slot on them.

Ah, those beautiful colours!
Ah, those beautiful colours!


At the time I did not know anybody using it, and the price difference was significant, so I went with a PC.

At university I came familiar with GNU/Linux and then lived in a dual boot world for some time. In 2006, with Intel CPU's coming to Apple – with Tiger as an operating system – with my first savings I brought a MacBook. It was love at first sight.

Since then I live in the Apple's hardware & software ecosystem, and have collected many of their products.

The hardware


So today, as you can see by reading this previous post, I am using a Intel i9 powered MacBook Pro 16", a MacMini with M2 Pro silicon with a Benq DesignVue PD2705U, with Apple's keyboard and Magic Mouse. I do have a Logitech MX-2 and a plain (cabled one) mouse for emergencies. But I'm to accustomed to gestures, so I do not really use them. 

I use an HomePod when I'm in the mood and a Synology DS213 as back-up system. Along with many other external drives. My printer is an HP OfficeJet Pro 7720.

The software


Today my situation is described on this my App Defaults post on my old WordPress.com powered blog. A couple of small things have changed, but nothing special (I switched away from using nvAlt, basically, and now I am searching for a multi-platform alternative).

That's all (at least for now).