March 23, 1992: Mac LC Now Twice As Good, It Says “II,” After All!

The price of an entry level Mac keeps on dropping. Today users discuss chips and video cards when deciding if the cash outlay for the next model up is worthy of the extra financial burden. Deciding if an extra 32 MB of video RAM is worth a price premium is quibbling over minutiae compared to the early days of the Mac when the choice was color or grayscale.

Apple knew that color support commanded a premium and released a well-received, though computationally inferior, low cost model called the Mac LC. How can a company follow up a successful product? With incremental improvements and by slapping a "II" behind the name.

The LC II was Apple's upgrade to the original LC. Geeks still found it hobbled, and an original LC could often outperform the machine, but the computer proved popular due to its relatively low cost of $1400 and its modular nature. The LC sequel was introduced March 23, 1992.