In the fall of 2019, I came to a decision: it was time to leave modern macOS behind.

A decade prior, switching to OS X had been a revelatory experience, as though the software was working in perfect sync with my mind. That feeling had long since disappeared.

I surveyed the computing landscape. Windows was still fine, and Linux was still Linux. A normal person would have just picked one, but I was apparently not a normal person. I cared far too much about having the perfect computer, and I couldn't get that wonderful memory out of my head...