The Mac is dead...long live the Mac!
Last week marked two major shifts in Apple's personal computing platform: the introduction of Macs built around Apple's own custom silicon, and the launch of Big Sur, the latest update to the venerable macOS operating system.
And of course, while we want to enjoy the here and now of these latest changes—and, probably, carp a little bit about the things that we don't like—it's also worth it to look at the path forward from here: the reverse trail of breadcrumbs laid out and leading, not back to where we came from, but on to the future.