Cheap drive options, up to 132 (196 on some) megs of memory, compact form factor... two expansion slots (comm and LC-PDS)... TV / video option... It certainly isn't a horrible Mac...

My LC 630 / Quadra 630 type machine (the one on which I give out shell accounts) is getting an external hardware mirrored 500 gig SCSI drive in place of a single IDE. It's nice to have both options.