I didn't intend to make that as much of a blanket statement as it originally sounded. Likewise, thank you for clarifying your "nuts" comment. I mean, this is that last place you should have to justify collecting old computers.And fair enough. As I said earlier, my 128K is also stock. The statement I took issue with was your earlier comment that upgrading it today "makes no sense". Now you have clarified that to the far more reasonable "I generally tend to keep my computers stock" I have no objections at all.
And why I made my "nuts" comment is because collectibility means so many different things to different people. Almost no one seems to want a stock SE/30, yet everyone wants a stock 128K. I know several people with 128K macs that say "Macintosh" on the back. I don't actually know anyone who has one that says "Macintosh 128K" (though I expect macdownunder must have one.) Who can say if such ones will turn out to be more valuable over time? I actually expect some of the upgrades that went in these machines will prove far more collectible in the long run since they are generally rarer, and also represent quite clever engineering. Yet frequently we have people here dictating what determines value.
Ken
JDW's post a couple back pretty much sums up my personal philosophy. My SE/30 even has an Ethernet card... *gasp*
While it's sad to see a (truly) dead Mac, I don't mourn them. I mourn my own when they die and that's about it.