29 July 1993 · Announcement

Macintosh Centris/Quadra 660AV and Quadra 840AV

Apple announced two products on 29 July 1993: Macintosh Centris/Quadra 660AV and Quadra 840AV.

It was the 9th of 14 dated moments the archive holds for 1993, 3 days after the previous one, 26 July 1993.

What Apple announced

Macintosh Centris/Quadra 660AV

Mac · Quadra · discontinued 12 September 1994

The Macintosh Quadra 660AV, originally sold as the Macintosh Centris 660AV, is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from July 1993 to September 1994. It was introduced alongside the Quadra 840AV; the "AV" after both model numbers signifies video input and output capabilities and enhanced audio. It was rebranded from Centris to Quadra in September 1993 without any actual internal changes.

The 660AV was discontinued a few months after the introduction of the Power Macintosh 6100/60AV. Apple sold a Power Macintosh Upgrade Card that upgrades the 660AV to match the 6100/60AV's specifications for US$1,399. This and the Quadra 630 were positioned for users who were not ready to move to PowerPC.

Quadra 840AV

Mac · Quadra · discontinued 18 July 1994

The archive holds no written summary for this product. Its photographs, family, and dates are on its product page.

Photographs from this announcement

Quadra 840AV product photograph — Quadra 840AV

Also in 1993

Sources

Macintosh Centris/Quadra 660AV · Wikipedia
Quadra 840AV · Wikipedia

Dates on this page are announcement dates, not shipping dates. Product summaries are drawn from the linked articles, and specification claims in them are the publisher’s, not independent testing. Photograph credits and licences are listed in full on the image credits page.