Apple Macintosh Classic

The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer that Released on October 15, 1990, it was the first Apple Macintosh to cost less than $ 1,000

Apple Macintosh Classic

The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer that Released on October 15, 1990, it was the first Apple Macintosh to cost less than $ 1,000

The production of The Macintosh Classic was boosted by the success of the Macintosh Plus and Macintosh SE.

The Classic's system requirements were very similar to the predecessor models, with the same 9-inch (23 cm) monochrome CRT monitor,
512 × 342 pixels resolution, and the same 4MB memory limit of the older Macintosh computers.

Apple's decision not to update the Classic with newer technology - such as a 68010 CPU, larger RAM capacity or a color display
- ensured compatibility with the then reliable software and also allowed Apple to keep the price low, which they wanted for this model.

Nonetheless, the Classic did bring some improvements over the older Macintosh Plus, Apple's previous base model.
For example, it was up to 25% faster and included an Apple SuperDrive 3.5-inch (9 cm) floppy drive as standard.

Catalog type
Desktop computer
Manufacturer
Release Date
October 1989
Processor
Motorola 68000 @ 8 Mhz
Memory
1024kB
Operation System
MacOS 6.0.7

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