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An elliptical machine, if you have space for it.

In 2008 after years of being an hardcore Apple hater I had to install macOS on my Dell PC because of that nightmare of Vista (this a very long story so I’ll just cut to the end)

I discovered an all new world of “shit just works”, found piece of mind and started making money.

Bought my first Mac in 2010 and never went back. I also have P400 and a portable Lenovo running Pop_OS and Sway, because that’s part of the story too.

Refurb 13” 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Best computer I’ve ever owned - it’s been my daily driver for two years and it’s been a joy to use every day.

Bought a lot of CDEV (Now PR) stock at 50 to 75 cents in March 2020.

The profit when it rebounded Post-COVID paid off my student loans and covered the down payment on my condo.

100% the best purchase I ever made.

Nugget ice maker. All the chewy ice you can dream of.

Alfred app for Mac. It is kind of a spotlight replacement for Mac but so much more. Think of it as turning your machine into productivity powerhouse where you are using the keyboard to access everything very quickly instead of wasting your time clicking around with the mouse. It is like a Swiss army knife where even just one of its features is a whole app for other people. I use it all day everyday for the past decade. And I keep adding to it new workflows or discovering new features. It is the app that is a million apps in one.

Robot vacuume Good running shoes A good pair of headphones

1. 2018 Tesla Model S used 12k pre-Elon going full Elon. ($45,725) was a huge purchase and most expensive car ever but gas savings for my 120 mile daily round trip to work saved me over $400/mo.
2. 12ft trampoline. ($200). Kids love it, wife and I love it. Also shows me I’m getting old when random muscles tweak on me.
3. Second hand rocking chair from early 1900s ($45). If you haven’t rocked in a chair that was made only for that purpose before it became wholly automated, you should. Can’t figure out if it’s the arc of the rockers or what but it’s more relaxing than the $279ea set of porch rockers we have.

cafelat robot lever espresso machine

• $320 USD
• makes espresso as good as a +$1k machine
• doesn't need descaling
• looks cool
• takes up hardly any bench space
• simple, well engineered, will outlive me

Maybe a controversial one:

Macbook (or any Mac for that matter)

I don't mind paying the premium because they just work. I've owned 3 over the last 10 years and each are still running perfectly to this day. No need to ever do anything to them. It helps that I'm not much of a gamer and work in the creative field so they offer everything I need. The M series chips are also blazing fast.

I can totally see how they'd not work for a lot of people though, and I know lots of people love to tinker with PCs!

Diva Swan speakers - they were one of the early internet speaker companies. They had a deal if you bought 2 floorstanding and 2 bookshelf speakers they threw in the $500 center channel for free. I've upgraded receivers with newer surround processing over the years, but the the core 5.1 holds up great for 20+ years now. https://hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_2/diva-swans-41-speakers-5-2001.html

Jura F50 coffe machine - 18 years and still strong.