Vintage Macs: Mac II Series

Guide to the Macintosh II Series

Models sorted by processor speed, then date of introduction. Note that the Performa 600 and IIvx were crippled with a 16 MHz data bus (half of CPU speed), earning them the Road Apple label.

Model	II	IIx	IIcx	IIvi	IIsi	IIci	Performa 600	IIvx	IIfx
Introduced	3/87	9/88	3/89	10/92	10/90	9/89		9/92	3/90
Price New	$3,900	$7,800	$5,400		$3,800	$6,700		$2,950	$9,900
CPU	16 MHz 68020	16 MHz 68030	16 MHz 68030	16 MHz 68030	20 MHz 68030	25 MHz 68030	32 MHz 68030	32 MHz 68030	40 MHz 68030
Base RAM	1 MB	1 MB	1 MB	4 MB	1 MB	1 MB	4 MB	4 MB	4 MB
Max RAM	68 MB	128 MB	128 MB	68 MB	65 MB	128 MB	68 MB	68 MB	128 MB
Minimum OS	2.0	6.0.2	6.0.3	7.1	6.0.6	6.0.4	7.1	7.1	6.0.5
Maximum OS	7.5.5	7.5.5	7.5.5	7.6.1	7.6.1	7.6.1	7.6.1	7.6.1	7.6.1
Floppy Drive	800K	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M	1.4M
Hard Drive	various sizes
Video	needs card	needs card	needs card	to 640 x 870	to 640 x 870	to 640 x 870	to 640 x 870	to 640 x 870	needs card
VRAM	on card	on card	on card	512 KB	DRAM	DRAM			on card
NuBus slots	6	6	3	3	3	none*	3	3	6
PDS	none	none	none	none	030 PDS	030 PDS	none	030 PDS	030 PDS
L2 cache	none	none	none	none	none	optional	none	32K	32K
H/W/D	5.5"/18.7"/14.5"	5.5"/18.7"/14.5"	5.5"/11.9"/14.5"	6.0"/13.0"/16.5"	4.0"/12.4"/14.9"	5.5"/11.9"/14.5"	6.0"/13.0"/16.5"	6.0"/13.0"/16.5"	5.5"/18.7"/14.5"
Weight	24 lb.	24 lb.	13.6 lb.	25 lb.	10 lb.	16 lb.	25 lb.	25 lb.	24 lb.

* 1 NuBus slot with optional PDS NuBus card.

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