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I read that and wow did that bring back memories. While I love that goes with a "modern" OS I have to say that Mac OS was, and likely always will be, my favorite. Or maybe it's just nostalgia (battling it out with the Windows fans in the comp.sys.mac.advocacy newsgroups)
 
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.
 
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