Mitzi was waffling a bit this morning. She has worries about isolation in a rural area of New York in winter. I view isolation as advantageous if another pandemic arises. But I gather it may not be reluctance to leave Florida, so much as not wanting to move to a rural home.
My biggest objective is to get out of Florida. Rural is a secondary objective, though very much a desirable one for me.
In any case, I find myself thinking more about how to facilitate our departure.
One thought that came to mind on my walk this morning is getting rid of this 2019 27" iMac. I like it for editing photos, and watching videos. But the big screen requires managing all that real estate, and now Apple has decided to "help" with whatever it is that feature in Sequoia is called that grabs my windows and plays with them as I'm trying to arrange them. Maddening.
It's got a 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, and a Radeon Pro Vega 48 with 8GB of VRAM, and 128GB of RAM 2667MHz DDR4 RAM installed.
I seldom encounter RAM limitations, but the fans are spinning up all the time, and I still encounter the Spinning Pinwheel of Infinite Futility far too often.
I've got the 14" M3 MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM ,and I suspect that it'll meet my needs as well, or better, than the iMac.
If I get rid of this enormous computer, I can get rid of this enormous desk. Then maybe I can put something in the office that'll accommodate one or more of the Apple IIs. Doesn't have to be anything fancy.
We wouldn't be moving this desk in any case, but having it out of the house might offer a psychological lift.
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 10:36 Sunday, 10 November 2024