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Compact Macintosh

Original Apple Macintosh personal computer form-factor with a built-in screen

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A Compact Macintosh (or Compact Mac) is an all-in-one Apple Mac computer with a display integrated in the computer case, beginning with the original Macintosh 128K first sold in 1984. Compact Macs run through to the Color Classic II sold until 1995.

01Models

ModelModel
number		Form
factor		CPURAM
(in KB)		Display
128KM0001Original68000 @ 7.8336 MHz128512 × 342 monochrome
512KM0001W512
PlusM0001A1024
512K/800M0001D 512
512KeM0001E
EDM0001ED
SEM5010SE1024
SE 1/20M5011
SE 1/40
SE FDHDM5010/M5011
SE SuperDriveM5011
SE/30M511968030 @ 15.667 MHz
ClassicM1420Classic68000 @ 7.8336 MHz
Classic IIM415068030 @ 16 MHz2048
Performa 200
Color ClassicM1600Color Classic4096512 × 384 color
Performa 250
Color Classic II68030 @ 33 MHz
Performa 275
Notes
The SE, designed using the Snow White design language
The SE, designed using the Snow White design language
The Classic II, using Apple's early 1990s design style
The Classic II, using Apple's early 1990s design style
The Color Classic with its modernized "neoclassical" case
The Color Classic with its modernized "neoclassical" case
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