1977 – 1993retired
Apple II
“It put color graphics and VisiCalc in a plastic case, and never stopped being useful.”
“Named for the number four, gone by 1994 - even its ending was on brand.”
The Macintosh Quadra was Apple's high-end Macintosh family, introduced in October 1991 with the Quadra 700 and 900 towers and named after the number four in the Motorola 68040 processor. It succeeded the Macintosh II line as the machine for people who wanted the top of the stack, sitting above the entry-level LC and mid-range Centris models. The family grew into minitower and pizza box form factors, plus the multimed
In October 1993, Apple merged the Centris line into the Quadra family and extended it into lower-priced segments, but the arrival of the Power Macintosh line in 1994 sealed its fate. The Quadras were gradually discontinued, with the 950 holding on until October 1995. Not murdered, merely relieved of duty by a faster heir.
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“It put color graphics and VisiCalc in a plastic case, and never stopped being useful.”
“Enhanced in name, eternal in our hearts — lowercase letters never looked so good.”
“All in black, all in one, ahead of the couch-potato curve.”