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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 $10,185 in 2024)[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) |
| Weight | 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, the Quadra 800 was the first totally new model in the Quadra lineup since the previous members, the 700 and the 900 / 950, had been introduced two years ago. It was positioned below the flagship Quadra 950 and succeeded the Quadra 700 (which was discontinued shortly after the Quadra 800's announcement). Debuting at half the price of the Quadra 950, the Quadra 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] The Quadra 800's mid-tower case had four drive bays, giving it more expansion options than the Quadra 700's mini-tower, while having a form factor still considerably shorter than the Quadra 900/950's full tower. However, the Quadra 800 required removal of the motherboard for RAM or VRAM upgrades, so some dubbed it as one of Apple's worst cases of all time.[3]
The Quadra 800 joined later that year by the multimedia-focused Quadra 840AV which also shared the same form factor. The housing, chassis, power supply, and internal storage assemblies are the same, but the front and rear panels are changed in the 840AV with the power button being moved to the front. The 840AV's logic board has a faster Motorola 68040 40 MHz processing and has a DAV slot (in line with NuBus slot A) and the new GeoPort, but lacks the 800's Processor Direct Slot and second ADB port. Also, unlike the 800's 8 MB of fixed RAM, all of the 840AV's memory is in SIMMs (this is the reason why the 800 has a higher maximum amount of memory).[4]
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.
- ^ "Apple Service Source - Macintosh Quadra 840AV" (PDF). Apple.