Low income people fill out job forms with a pen, they don't have resumes.
As far as wether a powermac 5xxx is better off crushed or in a home, I think the question should be is the person in that home better off buying a powermac 5xxx, something newer, or nothing at all.
There is a cost associated with having a computer, mostly in the cost of internet services and electricity used. I think if you need a computer for internet use, you should get one that works well on the internet (newer). If you need a machine for general typing, then just about anything will do.
I understand you hate seeing old macs ground into dust, just like I hate seeing old analog video capture gear being tossed in the trash. But we both have to understand that those items were made for a purpose, and they have been eclipsed by newer technology. While I spend plenty of time and money collecting the old video gear I like, I also understand that anybody who needs to edit video would be stupid to use what I collect when the newer cheaper stuff is so much easier and faster to use (more reliable as well). I have a hobby that is a small niche in the computer collecting hobby which is not that big to start with. I collect obsolete junk, atleast thats what it is to 99% of the people out there, so I expect that 99% of the machines made are going to get recycled after I get the ones I want.
I get emotional over living things getting destroyed, but not over plastic and metal.
As far as wether a powermac 5xxx is better off crushed or in a home, I think the question should be is the person in that home better off buying a powermac 5xxx, something newer, or nothing at all.
There is a cost associated with having a computer, mostly in the cost of internet services and electricity used. I think if you need a computer for internet use, you should get one that works well on the internet (newer). If you need a machine for general typing, then just about anything will do.
I understand you hate seeing old macs ground into dust, just like I hate seeing old analog video capture gear being tossed in the trash. But we both have to understand that those items were made for a purpose, and they have been eclipsed by newer technology. While I spend plenty of time and money collecting the old video gear I like, I also understand that anybody who needs to edit video would be stupid to use what I collect when the newer cheaper stuff is so much easier and faster to use (more reliable as well). I have a hobby that is a small niche in the computer collecting hobby which is not that big to start with. I collect obsolete junk, atleast thats what it is to 99% of the people out there, so I expect that 99% of the machines made are going to get recycled after I get the ones I want.
I get emotional over living things getting destroyed, but not over plastic and metal.