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Macintosh LC III
“Twice the speed, $700 less — it left before the students even noticed.”
“It bulged so your classroom didn't have to.”
The Macintosh LC 500 series was Apple's all-in-one bet for the mid-1990s education market, successor to the compact Macintosh family. Its beige body came with a bulging midsection to house a 14-inch CRT, CD-ROM drive, and stereo speakers, and it shipped in four models: the 520, 550, 575, and 580. The LC models became beloved fixtures in schools for their small footprint, lack of cable clutter, and durability — and al
By 1994 the series had been discontinued, its run complete. Its legacy lived on in the computer labs it populated for years, and even its case design carried forward: the short-lived Macintosh TV borrowed the LC 520's chassis, just in black instead of beige.
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“Twice the speed, $700 less — it left before the students even noticed.”
“One machine, four names, four feet, and no case screw — Apple's cheapest way in never had to shout.”
“Born a Centris, died a Quadra, served everyone a slice of pizza box all the same.”