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Macintosh Classic

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 14, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 19:11, 12 August 2022 (UTC)



The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer manufactured by Apple Computer from October 15, 1990 to September 14, 1992. The Classic was similar to its predecessors: due to limited technological advances, it used the same 9 in monochrome CRT display, 512&times;342 pixel resolution, and its performance was hampered by the same 4 megabyte (MB) memory limit of older Macintosh computers. Nevertheless, the Classic featured several improvements over the Macintosh Plus, which it replaced as Apple's low-end Mac computer. It was up to 25 percent faster than the Plus and included an Apple SuperDrive 3.5" floppy disk drive as standard. Apple released two versions that ranged in price from US$1,000 to $1,500. Reviewers' reactions were mixed; most focused on the slow processor performance and lack of expansion slots. The consensus was that the Classic was only useful for word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I nominated Magnavox Odyssey for September, but that's gaming hardware while the Classic wasn't really used for gaming. Power Mac G4 Cube was featured Jan. 9, 2022.
 * Main editors: FAC'ed it,  responded to concerns in the FAR.
 * Promoted: May 30, 2008. "Kept" at FAR on August 1, 2020.
 * Reasons for nomination: Sept. 14 is the 30th anniversary of its discontinuation. TFA re-run, the blurb is an edited version of its 2008 run.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 15:18, 29 July 2022 (UTC)