On 4/3/2012 3:37 PM, Matt wrote:
One thing to consider about old "NIB" Macs is that they are not
sitting in their box eagerly anticipating someone to finally open them
up and power them on. For many machines of that age, the capacitors
and/or batteries have started to release tiny streams of corrosive goo
and acids that are busily eating the machine from the inside out.
It won't be long (relatively speaking) before the only Macs that
actually work will be "well maintained, collector owned" systems.
That includes having the boards recapped.
Matt
This is definitely true, but you also have to take into account whether
a collector actually wants/cares about it working. This may sound odd
but I have a couple friends who collect vintage game consoles and such
just to have them in a display. They don't care about hooking it up and
using it, they just want to have it on display. As long as it's in mint
condition physically, it's good.
Sort of the same deal with the 3000 original mile vintage cars that look
beautiful but barely run because they've not been maintained.
Scott
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