| Introduced: | October 15, 1990 |
| MSRP: | $999 |
| CPU: | Motorola 68000 |
| CPU speed: | 8 MHz |
| Shipped with system version: | 6.0.7 |
| RAM: | 1 MB, expandable to 4 MB |
| Discontinued: | September 14, 1992 |
Demand for another "all-in-one" Mac, such as the popular Macintosh Plus and the SE, spurred the introduction of the Macintosh Classic. Limitations of the form factor prohibited major innovations in this model. One new feature in the Classic, though, was the ability to start from a ROM disk by holding down the keys command-option-x-o during the boot process.
Perhaps the best feature of this Macintosh was the price: it was the first sub-$1000 computer introduced by Apple (albeit by one dollar).