I just read it. Great article, a nice perspective and some accurate real life examples of what people need old software and hardware for.
"It can be quite fun being on the 'cutoff' edge and acquiring things/tools that I used to drool over back in the day," Boyer says.
That's one of the main reasons I enjoy using older Macs and iPods, since now they're easier to come by and cheaper to obtain than when they were new.