If I bought a 20th Anniversary Mac and never opened the box, kept it in a cool dry place, and waited 20 years, do you think it would be worth more than $1,950 in the year 2018?
I really have no idea, but I'm willing to offer contradictory theories anyways.
On the one hand, it seems like computer equipment loses its value faster than anything. Is an original Mac worth more today than it cost new? The only computer collectibles that seem to gain in value are things like the plywood-encased prototype that Jobs and Wozniak based the original Apple on, i.e. one-offs that have a place in history. The problem I see with the 20th Anniversary Mac is that it was intended as a collector's item, which is problematic.
On the other hand, I was out on Wall St today (I live a block away) and they were filming an ad for a new BMW. The commercial is a period piece, and the backdrop is a bunch of vintage cars (1940s models?). I bet those vintage cars are worth more than the new BMW.
Come to think of it, it has occurred to me on several occasions that it would be a good investment to go out to a used Mac store and buy an original Mac, and store it in the cool, dry place you mention.
And I have also thought of getting the 20th Ann. Mac because I run a design company, and it would be a great design show-off piece.
Let me know what you decide.
rhet0ric
p.s. I read an article once about counter-intuitive facts which said that it is better for electronic equipment to be plugged in than not. Something about juice in the wires being anti-corrosive. So you might want to plug it in every once in awhile, maybe even play a game of Myth or two on it. |
