I can see the thrill of opening up a classic computer box and seeing an unyellowed and untouched machine. People have been known to spend countless thousands on old bottles of wine that are destined to never be opened (and if they did open it the odds are it spoiled anyway). Imagine spending a few thousand on a NIB Amiga 3000 just to open it up and find the battery leaked all over the motherboard and ruined it. I would rather spend alot less on a mint looking tested and functional machine, then I would not feel bad tossing the box since I have no room to store them anyway.
I think it's really cool that there was still an Apple //C that had "never been opened," and even more cool that someone made the decision to open it up and start using it. Especially since that someone has a moderately decent digital camera, and has taken photos for the whole world to see.
Imagine spending a few thousand on a NIB Amiga 3000 just to open it up and find the battery leaked all over the motherboard and ruined it. I would rather spend alot less on a mint looking tested and functional machine, then I would not feel bad tossing the box since I have no room to store them anyway.
Imagine spending a few thousand on a NIB Amiga 3000 just to open it up and find the battery leaked all over the motherboard and ruined it. I would rather spend alot less on a mint looking tested and functional machine, then I would not feel bad tossing the box since I have no room to store them anyway.
I would die to find a NIB Performa 400 with the Performa Plus Display. I still have the boxes to every new Mac we ever bought, although some of the papers have managed to get thrown away. My 6500 is sitting in its box right now, waiting for the day my roommate moves out and I can take over the newly vacated bedroom and set up some of my old computers.
My mom was smart in keeping those boxes. Whenever we moved we always packed the computers in those boxes and they could ride in the van rather than taking up space in the car. The boxes are so rare now.