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Where Old Macs Go To Thrive
foghorn666 writes "Still have an old all-in-one Mac buried in your basement somewhere? Wired reports that Japanese collectors are paying a premium for the 'toasters,' including $500 for a HD-less Mac SE and $1000 for a used Newton."
And I sold several hundred old macs for $1 to $5 apeice at the MIT Flea Market last year.
Someone should tell these fine people about eBay- it's a great place to pick up used crap. They can get their Newtons and SEs for cheap. Oi. If not, I've an MP2100u that I'm willing to part with for a measly $500 (including keyboard, ethernet card, modem, nice carrying case, 4 MB and 2 MB flash cards) and an SE for $100! WITH A 10 MB HD! If you're really lucky, I'll sell you my AT&T UNIXpc or NeXT cube for $2000!
Working toward a usable PDA environment in the spirit of Newton OS: Dynapad
"These young whippersnappers today, they ain't even got floppy drives! What is the world comin' too? Back in my day..."
Confession #2: I use the poor little thing regularly. Honest. Over time, it's become my word processing machine of choice (w/ Word 5.1, of course). Some people can't write unless they're seated in front of a manual typewriter -- yes, I have one of those, too: a cast-iron Royal relic -- but me? I need my Classic.
For whatever reason, it gets me in the writing mood. Maybe it's because the experience is so focused: the WP completely fills the little 9" screen, so there aren't any distractions to worry about. No email. No IM. No surfing. Heck, not even color.
Sorry, Japan. I'm keeping my lil' box. =)
"People care about Macintosh," Lee said. "I have no Windows PC customers."
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that MIGHT be because you have no Windows PC's for sale.