And on the computer side of the fence, although modern machines are outrageously powerful, responsiveness is becoming something of an endangered species, but on

And on the computer side of the fence, although modern machines are outrageously powerful, responsiveness is becoming something of an endangered species, but on early to mid 90s Macs it's the rule for all but the most demanding applications. Especially if retrofitted with flash storage of some kind, those old Macs often wait for you more frequently than you wait for them. And while the OS isn't great at multitasking, that could be seen as a feature — instead of tens of tabs and a dock full of programs open, you're forced to focus only on the 1-3 apps that can be open before classic Mac OS multitasking breaks down. I'm seriously considering setting up an old pre-OS X Mac of some flavor as a zen mode writing machine for this reason.