OT is nice to Appletalk to newer devices, but that's about the only use I've had for it. Had it running on my IIci to connect to a LaCie d2 network drive.
I for one would not use a vintage mac for my 'real work'. I'm an image retoucher and I remember how long it would take my IIci doing even simple image editing tasks, no thanks, I prefer the 8core MacPro I have at work
OTOH if I was a writer, PB 180/170 with a CF card for a HDD and WriteNow 3 would be killer. In college I kept a PB 165 just for distraction free, silent, portable, battery backed up writing. (as long as auto save was off I could keep the HDD spun down and type in silence) 180/170 would just be better for the active matrix screen and the CF card drive upgrade so I could leave auto save on and still have it quiet.
I for one would not use a vintage mac for my 'real work'. I'm an image retoucher and I remember how long it would take my IIci doing even simple image editing tasks, no thanks, I prefer the 8core MacPro I have at work
OTOH if I was a writer, PB 180/170 with a CF card for a HDD and WriteNow 3 would be killer. In college I kept a PB 165 just for distraction free, silent, portable, battery backed up writing. (as long as auto save was off I could keep the HDD spun down and type in silence) 180/170 would just be better for the active matrix screen and the CF card drive upgrade so I could leave auto save on and still have it quiet.