One thing I forgot to mention, I'm the type who can't deal with natural aspiration.
If I do get a boxster it will end up supercharged in no time.
I don't really care about the chick car image, that doesn't matter to me at all. I might have issues driving a miata but not a boxster.
As far as depreciation goes, the price I can buy this car is so low it can't go down much further.
The idea of the cabin being cramped is a big issue tho (pun intended), I'm 6'2" and 235 lbs-ish.
If the interior or head room is much smaller than in the SC that will be a deal killer.