My father continued to use it for the majority of his work until at least 2005, and the computer still boots and works just fine today. He had far more frequent

My father continued to use it for the majority of his work until at least 2005, and the computer still boots and works just fine today. He had far more frequent problems with a succession of Windows laptops in the subsequent 15 years than from the 15 years of using the Mac SE. Having a small monochrome screen is not an insurmountable problem in practice for people used to doing most of their work by spreading physical paper around on the floor. Yes it could be better if it took advantage of 30 years of CPU, etc. improvements, but it’s nonetheless a fantastic tool. Your “working writers” probably also need their computers for web browsing or whatever. And probably waste a ton of time on computer-related or computer-aided bullshit.