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 A Macintosh Quadra 800 | |
| Also known as | "Fridge", "Wombat 33" |
|---|---|
| Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Product family | Macintosh Quadra, Workgroup Server |
| Release date | February 10, 1993 |
| Introductory price | US$4,679 (equivalent to $9,869 in 2023)[1] |
| Discontinued | March 14, 1994 |
| Operating system | System 7.1 to Mac OS 8.1 With PowerPC upgrade, Mac OS 9.1, A/UX |
| CPU | Motorola 68040 @ 33 MHz |
| Memory | 8 MB, expandable to 136 MB (60 ns 72-pin SIMM) |
| Dimensions | Height: 14 inches (36 cm) Width: 7.7 inches (20 cm) Depth: 15.75 inches (40.0 cm) |
| Mass | 24 pounds (11 kg) |
| Predecessor | Macintosh Quadra 700 |
| Successor | Macintosh Quadra 840AV Power Macintosh 8100 |
The Macintosh Quadra 800 (also sold with bundled server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 80) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Quadra series of Macintosh computers.
Introduced in February 1993 alongside the first Macintosh Centris models, it was the first totally new Quadra model since the original Quadras, the 700 and the 900 / 950. It was positioned below the 950 (and the previous midrange Quadra, the 700, was discontinued shortly after the 800's introduction). Debuting at half the price of the 950, the 800 featured the same Motorola 68040 33 MHz processor as the 950 but its additional interleaved RAM running at 70 ns, as well as an enhanced video system and SCSI bus, enabled it to outperform the 950.[2] However, its tower case was smaller and much less accessible, giving it the reputation of being one of Apple's worst cases of all time.[3] The Quadra 800 was later joined by the multimedia-focused Quadra 840AV.
The Quadra 800 was discontinued in March 1994 in favor of the PowerPC-based Power Macintosh 8100. Both the 8100 and its successor, the Power Macintosh 8500, used the Quadra 800 case, as did the Power Macintosh 8200, a model only available in Europe which used the Power Macintosh 7200 logic board. A taller, highly modified variant of the case was also used for the Power Macintosh 9500.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
infoworldwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gruman, Galen (April 1993). "Quadra 800 - The new high-end Mac performs like a Quadra 950 at a lower cost". Macworld. Vol. 10, no. 4. pp. 114–119.
- ^ Knight, Dan (November 8, 1999). "Road Apples - The Quadra 800 case". Low End Mac. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2006.