This is why when people on these forums start complaining about Macs being expensive, I have to roll my eyes. The first one I bought was about the cost of a decent used car. My last MacBook Air cost me the equivalent of a few solid grocery trips.
A StyleWriter II was my first printer after using an ImageWriter II. I found it at Goodwill for next to nothing about 2000, and figured I could probably get it to work. I was pretty sure I had a print driver on a floppy disk someplace... The same Goodwill also had a new ink cartridge (possibly donated by the same person who donated the printer?). I met my father for dinner that night, and he asked why on earth I bought that printer? Answer: I'd long needed something better than the ImageWriter for some tasks, and I'd even been forced to (shudder) turn to a (shudder) typewriter sometimes. (Admittedly, by this point, it could be argued that a new computer system was overall a better move--but at the time, my ancient Mac was "good enough" for what I needed to do. It was hard to justify major spending at that point.)
It felt very luxurious at the time (early 90s) to be able to print at home and I did love that. It was also compact and lovely on my desk.
I have good memories of a IIsi I used around 2000. Part of what I liked then was the fun of thinking that I got a computer that was $$$$ new (and unobtainable) for only $15 at Goodwill. It was out of date by that point, of course, but it still was more than enough for some of my basic productivity needs (e.g., word processing).
The Fat Mac was discontinued in 1986, and replaced with the Mac Plus.
