| The Macintosh Classic II was introduced in October 1991 as the successor to the original Macintosh Classic. While it retained the compact all-in-one design with a built-in 9-inch black-and-white CRT display at 512×342 resolution, it featured significant improvements under the hood. Instead of the aging 68000 processor, the Classic II used a faster 16 MHz Motorola 68030 CPU, giving it much better performance, especially with multitasking under System 7. It came standard with 2 MB of RAM, expandable to 10 MB via a 100-pin memory card. The system included a 1.44 MB floppy disk drive and either a 40 MB or 80 MB SCSI hard drive. Like other Macs of the time, it included ports for ADB, SCSI, serial devices, and audio out. However, it lacked a processor direct slot, which limited expandability compared to some earlier models. The Classic II ran System 7.0.1 at launch and was aimed at home and education users who needed a reliable and compact Mac at a relatively low cost. It was also known as the Macintosh Performa 200 in some configurations and markets. The Classic II was discontinued in 1993, as Apple began phasing out the compact Mac form factor in favor of modular desktop designs. |
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