However, my interest in chess took center stage in 2014 when I started OffM圜 and began a serious and regimented focus on my chess studies. This type of study lent itself well to the Apple ecosystem with Logos Bible Software running with lightning-fast precision on my MacBook Air. It was at that time when my chess studies waned significantly and I refocused myself to studying the Bible and working on my Masters of Divinity. It was not long before every computer in my home sported the i-prefix: an iMac desktop machine, a Macbook, and countless iPods and iPads. In the Spring of 2009, I began experimenting with Apple products thanks to my new obsession with my iPod Touch. In addition to my custom desktop machine, I would carry around a Toshiba Windows laptop and I also had an early edition Acer AspireOne 10″ netbook with a keyboard almost too small for my hands. Once a year I would order a collection of parts from NewEgg and Tiger Direct to build myself a custom PC or upgrade an older system with new memory or storage space.

Prior to 2009, I was a die-hard Windows user.