Well, you are welcome to hold onto them until the. For your sake, I hope they don't turn into $10 pieces of junk that you offload at a garage sale because your family is screaming at you that they want a place to park the car.

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I just sold two LC 550s for $100 each. I commonly sell LC 575s for $20-$50 on eBay. They are stored in a storage center. At least 50 Macs from schools and such which I pack and sell.

You have to draw the line somewhere lest you become a pack rat. The mentality you describe just results in needless hoarding. Why stop with the LC 580? Why not also include that vintage Sony WEGA Trinitron TV you've got in your living room? In thirty years time, they'll be plenty rare, too! And why stop even there?! What about that cordless phone you've got? No doubt that in one hundred years, you'll be the only person who has one! My, won't that be a hit on Antiques Roadshow!

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I don't really care about Sony TVs and such. I do care about Apple though. But it's true that my current TV, if I kept it for 50 years, would be collectable after such time. I am not advocating we keep the Macs sitting around for 50 years so they become collectable.

Your point neglects the reality that most machines, no matter how much you wish it weren't true, will just never be collectibles. And besides, even if one simply defines something's value to a collector by it's rarity, then diminishing the supply by destroying surplus equipment, one automatically increases the value of the remainder of the supply. In that case, you should applaud the needless destruction of Macs in other people's collections. But that is a poor way to define a collector's item's value.

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They will become collectable in time. Was the Color Classic really that rare? Everyone seems to adore those and based on the high prices they fetch on eBay they appear to be somewhat collectable. But I'm sure a lot have been crushed, reducing the quantity available.