"When Win10 dropped and yanked the Start button - I bought my first Mac."
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Wasn't that Win8? I believe Win10 has a start bar/button.
"To funny! I suspect I'm an old dinosaur compared to you. My first computer was a TI-99/4a. Apple II was an expensive boat anchor compared to my TI back then."
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Them's new-fangled, you shoulda tried a Sinclair ZX81.
Them's new-fangled, you shoulda tried a Sinclair ZX81. Oh, what a trip down memory lane. I had the Timex 1000. Complete with the memory pack and printer. They were fun. . . fiddling to get the volume control on the tape deck volume just right to play back the recorded programs you had saved. . . after waiting fifteen to twenty minutes to learn it wasn't loud enough. LOL! Still, $199 (IIRC) for a real computer was great!