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Berkeley Software Distribution
“It gave Unix the internet and the internet a backbone. Rest easy, Berkeley.”
“The last Quadra to arrive, first to bow out, still a bargain at the farewell party.”
The Macintosh Quadra 630 — also wearing the hats of LC 630 and Performa 630 — launched in July 1994 as the replacement for the Quadra 610, and at $1,199 was the least-expensive computer in the Macintosh lineup. In a curious twist of timing, it arrived after the Power Macintosh had already debuted, yet the 630 stuck with the trusty Motorola 68040. The reasoning was refreshingly practical: the older chips were cheaper,
When the 630 was retired, it left with no direct replacement — the Power Macintosh 6200 kept its form factor but cost nearly twice as much at $2,300, and even the budget-minded Power Macintosh 4400 at $1,725 was out of reach by comparison. It was the last new Macintosh Quadra introduced, closing the book on a whole line. For fans of sensible, affordable Macs, nothing quite filled the slot it left behind.
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“It gave Unix the internet and the internet a backbone. Rest easy, Berkeley.”
“First to the smartphone party, left early because the battery died.”
“The last of the little Macs, colorful to the very end.”