The nascence of my music-technology career goes back to high school, when I wrote a 1-bit sampling drum-machine program for my Apple ][+, utilizing the computer's cassette-tape storage port as the A/D converter. In college, I moved up to a Mac Plus. When I got kicked out of college and ended up at Digidesign (now Avid), my primary machines were a "portable" Mac SE and a then- secret Mac II that was encased in plywood. When I returned to college and continued on to grad school, I had several versions of Mac II computers, supplemented with various UNIX workstations. I stayed a loyal Mac user for many years thereafter, always having at least one current-model Mac at home, even when I switched to a Windows laptop for work. During that time, I even built a couple "FrankenMacs" with parts that I repurposed from other Macs or purchased online. But eventually, I switched almost entirely to Windows. Today, my three main computers — my near-silent rackmount studio PC from Endpcnoise.com, my ultraportable Toshiba touchscreen laptop, and my Microsoft Surface 3 hybrid tablet — are all running Windows 10. I find that Windows 10, supplemented with Cygwin (a Unix-like environment for Windows), is the best OS choice for my needs.