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Mac Systems: Apple: Early Compact "Classic" Macs

Complete specs on Apple's early, compact, all-in-one "classic" Macs starting with the original Macintosh released in 1984 are below.

Please note that Apple does not formally have a "classic" series, but EveryMac.com has categorized these models accordingly for convenience to refer to early Macs before Apple had clearly defined product lines.

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1 Apple Computer Processor Macintosh Original (128k) 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	January 24, 1984*	Disc.	October 1, 1985
Order No:	N/A	Model	M0001 (Gestalt 1)
Std. RAM:	128k	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Original (128k) Specs

Macintosh 512k 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	September 10, 1984	Disc.	April 14, 1986
Order No:	N/A	Model	M0001W (Gestalt 2)
Std. RAM:	512k	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh 512k Specs

Macintosh 512ke (ED) 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	April 14, 1986	Disc.	September 1, 1987
Order No:	N/A	Model	M0001E* (Gestalt 3)
Std. RAM:	512k	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh 512ke (ED) Specs

Macintosh XL 5 MHz 68000

Intro.	January 1, 1985	Disc.	August 1, 1986
Order No:	N/A	Model	N/A (Gestalt 2)
Std. RAM:	512k	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None, 10 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh XL Specs

Macintosh Plus (ED) 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	January 16, 1986	Disc.	October 15, 1990
Order No:	M2503*	Model	M0001A (Gestalt 4)
Std. RAM:	1 MB	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Plus (ED) Specs

Macintosh SE 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	March 2, 1987	Disc.	August 1, 1989
Order No:	M5900*	Model	M5010 (Gestalt 5)
Std. RAM:	1 MB, 2 MB	VRAM	N/A
Storage	20 MB, 40 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh SE Specs

Macintosh SE FDHD 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	August 1, 1989	Disc.	October 15, 1990
Order No:	N/A	Model	M5011 (Gestalt 5)
Std. RAM:	1 MB	VRAM	N/A
Storage	20 MB, 40 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh SE FDHD Specs

Macintosh SE/30 16 MHz 68030

Intro.	January 19, 1989	Disc.	October 21, 1991
Order No:	M5392*	Model	M5119 (Gestalt 9)
Std. RAM:	1 MB, 4 MB	VRAM	64k
Storage	40 MB, 80 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh SE/30 Specs

Macintosh Classic 8 MHz 68000

Intro.	October 15, 1990	Disc.	September 14, 1992
Order No:	M0421LL/A*	Model	M0420, M1420 (Gestalt 17)
Std. RAM:	1 MB, 2 MB*	VRAM	N/A
Storage	None, 40 MB	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Classic Specs

Macintosh Classic II 16 MHz 68030

Intro.	October 21, 1991	Disc.	September 13, 1993
Order No:	M1540LL/A*	Model	M4150 (Gestalt 23)
Std. RAM:	2 MB	VRAM	N/A
Storage	40 MB, 80 MB	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Classic II Specs

Macintosh Color Classic 16 MHz 68030

Intro.	February 10, 1993	Disc.	May 16, 1994
Order No:	M1601LL/A*	Model	M1600 (Gestalt 49)
Std. RAM:	4 MB	VRAM	256k
Storage	40, 80, 160 MB	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Color Classic Specs

Macintosh Color Classic II 33 MHz 68030

Intro.	October 1, 1993	Disc.	May 1, 1994
Order No:	M2158J/A*	Model	M1600 (Gestalt 83)
Std. RAM:	4 MB, 8 MB	VRAM	256k
Storage	80 MB, 160 MB	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh Color Classic II Specs

Macintosh TV 32 MHz 68030

Intro.	October 25, 1993	Disc.	February 1, 1995
Order No:	N/A	Model	M1580 (Gestalt 88)
Std. RAM:	5 MB	VRAM	512k
Storage	160 MB	Optical	2X CD-ROM
Complete Macintosh TV Specs

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