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Macintosh IIx

Apple released one product on 19 September 1988: Macintosh IIx.

It was the 5th of 5 dated moments the archive holds for 1988, 18 days after the previous one, 1 September 1988.

Macintosh IIx product photograph

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What Apple released

Macintosh IIx

Mac · Macintosh II · discontinued 15 October 1990

The Macintosh IIx is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from September 1988 to October 1990. This model was introduced as an update to the original Macintosh II, replacing the 16 MHz Motorola 68020 CPU and 68881 FPU with a 68030 CPU and 68882 FPU running at the same clock speed. The initial price of the IIx was US$7,769 (equivalent to $21,149 in 2025) or US$9,369 (equivalent to $25,505 in 2025) for the version with an 80 MB hard drive.

The 800 KB floppy drive was replaced with a 1.44 MB SuperDrive; the IIx is the first Macintosh to include this as standard.

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Sources

  1. Macintosh IIx · Wikipedia

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