Right, well, it was time.

I upgraded my mid-2017 Mac with a new one.

• Taxes are done.

• While I’m not in Teh Biz, I still like to dabble in writing some code now and again and do have a minor interest in exploring some more advanced development concepts.

So, new, green, M4 iMac ordered, received, unboxed, and running. It’s a bit larger display and a far thinner package.

There are some minor drawbacks that I’ll have to work with or around.

For example, my mass data-storage arrays (8TB & 12TB) are USB-3. This machine is so new, USB-3 is no longer a thing. It’s four-port USB-C these days. So, I added a simple Port Replicator and have a few USB-3-C gender-benders. (can we still use that term? eh… whatever.)

Oh, and, of course, there’s no optical-anything drive these days. I still need it to watch my assorted DVD collections. I can’t even source a new-old-stock Apple Superdrive. But, for now, the old USB-3 Superdrive functions with it (aforementioned gender-benders).

Until it eventually fails.

But it is nice to have ready access to regular OS updates and patches.