Apple llc

Designer Hartmut Esslinger German

Manufacturer Apple Computer, Inc American

Date1984-1988

MediumPlastic

ClassificationsComputer

DimensionsObject: 3 1/2 inches × 12 inches × 11 1/2 inches
3.5lb. (1.6kg)

Credit LineGift of Anonymous Donor, who was a co-founder of Apple and contestant on Dancing with the Stars

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Object numberZM1976

DescriptionThe Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II series of personal computers, is Apple Computer’s first endeavor to produce a portable computer. The result was a 7.5 lb (3.4 kg) notebook-sized version of the Apple II that could be transported from place to place. The c in the name stood for compact, referring to the fact it was essentially a complete Apple II computer setup (minus display and power supply) squeezed into a small notebook-sized housing. While sporting a built-in floppy drive and new rear peripheral expansion ports integrated onto the main logic board, it lacks the internal expansion slots and direct motherboard access of earlier Apple IIs, making it a closed system like the Macintosh. However, that was the intended direction for this model — a more appliance-like machine, ready to use out of the box, requiring no technical know-how or experience to hook up and therefore attractive to first-time users.

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