Macintosh Centris

Macintosh Centris was a model name briefly used by Apple Computer during 1993 to refer to certain Macintosh models that were built around the same Motorola 68040 CPU as the Macintosh Quadras, but in a slightly cheaper configuration.

The name was used for the Centris 610 and Centris 650, which were introduced in March 1993. It was also used a few months later for the Centris 660AV.

The name was soon considered to be confusing to customers and was abandoned. The Centris 610 and 650 were replaced about 6 months later by the Quadra 610 and 650 models, which kept the same basic case and design but raised the CPU speeds from 20MHz and 25MHz respectively, to 25MHz and 33MHz respectively, while the Centris 660AV was renamed to the Quadra 660AV without any actual design change.