I don't know about residential stoves but all microwaves need to be vented. Interior/exterior depends on the microwave. In the picture above, the countertop "vents" interior. If the travesty enclosed in that top space does not vent through the back wall, that's an accident waiting to happen if it's ever used. Same with one of the pictures where one was mounted in a cabinet island. Yikes. Microwaves are pretty "safe" when they fail, but you'll never forget your first experience if it's a magnetron failure. . . . BOOM!

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My +/-600 album collection (vinyl to the younglings) and JVC turntable hoot in your general direction. Earlier this year I bought a 6 disc CD changer to replace the 5 disc player from the 80s that finally failed. And very recently I replaced an equally old failed DVD player with a new one. Each was under $100. I'm thinking if they last half as long as the old ones they'll outlive me, after which the collection(s) are someone else's problem. When they stop making DVDs/CDs is when they'll stop making the players. For a time I guess. Also: My equally old RCA VHS player still works and you should ditch the Mac and get a Dell.

And I digress:

I just read somewhere that for whatever reason, tape cassettes are making a comeback. A whole new generation of smurfs and smurfettes are having to learn a new use for the common pencil (you're not an expert until you can visually fast forward to the song you want to hear). Anyway, one of my favorite Neato T-shirts has a black caped cassette holding a red-tipped bic pen and saying to an I-pod "I am your father!". Amazing the number of people who don't get it. Woot!