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Centris 650 / Quadra 650
Developer
Apple Computer
Product family
Centris, Quadra
Release date
February 10, 1993 (1993-02-10)
Introductory price
US$2,699 (equivalent to $5,693 in 2023)
Discontinued
September 12, 1994 (1994-09-12)
Operating system
System 7.1 to OS 8.1 or with PowerPC Upgrade OS 9.1, A/UX
CPU
Motorola 68LC040 or 68040 @ 25 or 33 MHz
Memory
4 or 8 MB onboard, expandable to 132 or 136 MB (80 ns 72-pin SIMM)
The Macintosh Quadra 650, originally sold as the Macintosh Centris 650, is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from February 1993 to September 1994. The Centris 650 was introduced alongside the smaller Centris 610 as the replacement for the Macintosh IIci and Quadra 700, and it was intended as the start of the new midrange Centris line of computers.[1] Later in 1993, Apple decided to follow an emerging industry trend of naming product families for their target customers – Quadra for business, LC for education, and Performa for home – and folded the Centris 650 into the Quadra family.[2]
The Quadra 650 was discontinued without a direct replacement in September 1994, although the recently introduced Power Macintosh 7100, which has the same IIvx form factor as the 650, had a similar target audience and was sold in the same price range.
^Gruman, Galen (April 1993). "Centris 610 & 650 - Two new midrange performers replace the venerable Mac II line". Macworld. Vol. 10, no. 4. pp. 106–113.
^Sieter, Charles (December 1993). "New 040 Macs - We sort out the complex new lineup". Macworld. Vol. 10, no. 12. pp. 92–98.
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