The way that I see it, it's better to be inclusive, rather than exclusive. To be clear, my interest in Mac collecting is exclusive to 68k Macs, because those have the most sentimental value, to me. However, the smaller the audience, the more likely the group is to wither away, altogether. Also, a lot of the information that we discuss here is applicable to any non-New-World Mac.
So, I'm for inclusiveness. - Alex On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:27 PM, 'James Fraser' via Vintage Macs < vintage-macs@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I think that we should consider that all of the pre-G3 Power Macs are > pretty vintage, by any reasonable > > description. > > Yes, the definition of what constitutes a "vintage" Macintosh has > definitely shifted since the Vintage Macs list was first started back in > 1998. Given the fact that the Macintosh was a mere 14 years old at the > time (as opposed to being 30 years old, as it is now), I expect there was a > lot less potential confusion then compared to the present day. > > > Pretty soon, I'd say that the G3 machines should be included, as well, > as the newest G3s are 11 years > > old. > > True, given the current pace of hardware development, a decade-old > computing device probably qualifies as a vintage one nowadays. > > Speaking for myself, however, I would prefer that the LEM Groups remain as > balkanised as possible for the simple reason that I only have time to read > so many non-essential emails per day. Perhaps it's just me, but my mind > reels at the likely state of my inbox should the Vintage Macs Group be > expanded to include G3-based desktops as well. @_@ > > > The 7300/200, itself, is 17 years old. Definitely vintage. > > Despite the machine I'm typing this on being 14 years old, I have a hard > time calling it a vintage Mac.* > > I refer to it, instead, as a "well broken-in" one. ;) > > > Best, > > James Fraser > > *Probably because my doing so would put me well into the vintage category > as well. :/ > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to > vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
