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Apple's Macintosh LC series -- which stands for "Low Cost" -- was sold from October 1990 to August 1995, primarily to the education sector. Later "LC" models were incorporated into the Power Macintosh series. Complete specs on the pre-PowerPC LC models follow.

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1 Apple Computer Processor Macintosh LC (Original) 16 MHz 68020

Intro.	October 15, 1990	Disc.	March 23, 1992
Order No:	M0442LL/A*	Model	M0350 (Gestalt 19)
Std. RAM:	2 MB, 4 MB*	VRAM	256k*
Storage	40 MB, 80 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh LC (Original) Specs

Macintosh LC II 16 MHz 68030

Intro.	March 23, 1992	Disc.	March 15, 1993
Order No:	M1701LL/A*	Model	M1700 (Gestalt 19/37*)
Std. RAM:	4 MB	VRAM	256k, 512k*
Storage	40, 80, 160 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh LC II Specs

Macintosh LC III 25 MHz 68030

Intro.	February 10, 1993	Disc.	February 14, 1994
Order No:	M1312LL/A	Model	M1254 (Gestalt 27)
Std. RAM:	4 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	80 MB	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh LC III Specs

Macintosh LC III+ 33 MHz 68030

Intro.	October 18, 1993	Disc.	February 14, 1994
Order No:	N/A	Model	M1254 (Gestalt 62)
Std. RAM:	4 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	80 MB, 160 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh LC III+ Specs

Macintosh LC 475 25 MHz* 68LC040

Intro.	October 21, 1993	Disc.	May 1, 1994
Order No:	M1819LL/A*	Model	M1476 (Gestalt 89)
Std. RAM:	4 MB, 8 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	80 MB, 160 MB, 250 MB*	Optical	None
Complete Macintosh LC 475 Specs

Macintosh LC 520 25 MHz 68030

Intro.	June 28, 1993	Disc.	February 2, 1994
Order No:	N/A	Model	M1640 (Gestalt 56)
Std. RAM:	5 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	80 MB, 160 MB*	Optical	2X CD-ROM
Complete Macintosh LC 520 Specs

Macintosh LC 550 33 MHz 68030

Intro.	February 2, 1994	Disc.	March 23, 1995
Order No:	N/A	Model	M1640 (Gestalt 80)
Std. RAM:	5 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	80 MB, 160 MB*	Optical	2X CD-ROM
Complete Macintosh LC 550 Specs

Macintosh LC 575 33 MHz* 68LC040

Intro.	February 2, 1994	Disc.	April 3, 1995
Order No:	N/A	Model	M1640 (Gestalt 92)
Std. RAM:	5 MB, 8 MB	VRAM	512k*
Storage	160 MB, 320 MB*	Optical	2X CD-ROM*
Complete Macintosh LC 575 Specs

Macintosh LC 580 33 MHz* 68LC040

Intro.	April 3, 1995	Disc.	August 1, 1995
Order No:	N/A	Model	M3872 (Gestalt 99)
Std. RAM:	8 MB	VRAM	1 MB*
Storage	500 MB*	Optical	2X CD-ROM
Complete Macintosh LC 580 Specs

Macintosh LC 630 (PC) 33 MHz* 68LC040

Intro.	July 18, 1994	Disc.	April 1, 1995
Order No:	M3305LL/A*	Model	M3076 (Gestalt 98)
Std. RAM:	4 MB, 8 MB	VRAM	1 MB
Storage	250 MB*	Optical	2X CD-ROM
Complete Macintosh LC 630 (PC) Specs

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