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The people in the retro community do not require these machines to perform all their tasks. They're not filing their taxes with a Macintosh LC III. They have mo
by philistine 1y ago
The people in the retro community do not require these machines to perform all their tasks. They're not filing their taxes with a Macintosh LC III. They have modern computers! This allows old computers to be appreciated very differently. And retro enthusiasts will often love a machine because it is such a bad machine. It gives it a different appeal, its history and poor reception part of its charm.
Ultimately, they're collectors. They collect the good and the bad.
- wincy 1y agoIf you’re driving around in your 1971 Ford Thunderbird and the vacuum line fails, making it so your headlights doors are stuck closed, that would have been super annoying in 1977 as you were driving home in the evening. In 2025 it’s just “the charm of owning a classic car”. Instead of an annoyance, you might think of it as having a unique and endearing quirk.
- philistine 1y agoYou illustrated so eloquently what I was trying to say!