This index cover the Macintosh LC series, Apple's first low-cost color Macs. (68040-based LCs are also listed on the Quadra page.) The LC series was one of the most popular in Apple's history.

LCs with built-in monitors are listed on the 500-series page.

Speedometer score is CPU rating relative to Classic (Speedo 3) and Quadra 605 (Speedo 4).

model	MacBench (v. SE)	Speedometer 3/4	MIPS
LC	1.8	3.3/	2.6
LC II Performa 400-430	1.7	/0.22	3.9
LC III Performa 450	3.6	6.9/0.43	6.3
LC III+ Performa 460	4.6		8.3
LC 475 Quadra 605	10.3		22.0

• Guide to LC PDS Video Cards. Includes Focus, Radius, and RasterOps cards for the LC processor direct slot.
• Elsie, a prototype of the Macintosh LC, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 2006.06.26. This LC prototype has "confidential" ROMs, a reset button on the motherboard, and only supports 1-bit video.
• Making the most of the LC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 2000.09.01. Although old and slow, the LC and LC II have practical upgrade potential.
• Games for '030s, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 2000.05.26. A look at games that run nicely on the old 68030-based Macs.
• News: Sonnet ships Presto Plus for LC series Macs, provides acceleration, Ethernet, and 32 MB additional RAM. 2000.04.05
• Review: Presto Plus, The Review, MacNN, 2000.03.29
• System 6 for the Macintosh, Ruud Dingemans. If you have an older, slower, memory-limited Mac, System 6 is fast, stable, and still very usable.
• Email lists: Classic Macs Digest, Vintage Macs
• Pseud040 lets 68020- and 68030-based Macs run 68040 programs - I've even heard of Mac OS 8.1 running on a IIsi!
• RAM Charger from Jump Development ($40) lets you get the most out of your RAM - especially helpful on Macs with 8 MB or less. By launching applications using the minimum amount of memory they need, RAM Charger lets you run more programs. It also works well with RAM Doubler. You can even download a demo.

Be sure to see the list of dealers who buy, sell, or broker used and/or refurbished Macintosh hardware.

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