<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
800	O
(	O
also	O
sold	O
with	O
bundled	O
server	O
software	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Workgroup	I-Device
Server	I-Device
80	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
's	O
Quadra	B-Device
series	O
of	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
February	O
1993	O
alongside	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Centris	I-Device
models	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
totally	O
new	O
Quadra	B-Device
model	O
since	O
the	O
original	O
Quadras	O
,	O
the	O
700	B-Device
and	O
the	O
900	B-Device
/	O
950	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
positioned	O
below	O
the	O
950	B-Device
(	O
and	O
the	O
previous	O
midrange	O
Quadra	B-Device
,	O
the	O
700	B-Device
,	O
was	O
discontinued	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
800	O
's	O
introduction	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debuting	O
at	O
half	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
950	B-Device
,	O
the	O
800	O
featured	O
the	O
same	O
Motorola	B-Device
68040	I-Device
33MHz	O
processor	O
as	O
the	O
950	B-Device
but	O
its	O
additional	O
interleaved	B-General_Concept
RAM	B-Architecture
running	O
at	O
70	O
ns	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
enhanced	O
video	O
system	O
and	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
bus	O
,	O
enabled	O
it	O
to	O
outperform	O
the	O
950	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
its	O
tower	B-General_Concept
case	I-General_Concept
was	O
smaller	O
and	O
much	O
less	O
accessible	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
the	O
reputation	O
of	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
worst	O
cases	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
was	O
later	O
joined	O
by	O
the	O
multimedia-focused	O
Quadra	B-Device
840AV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
March	O
1994	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
PowerPC-based	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8100	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
8100	O
and	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8500	I-Device
,	O
used	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
case	O
,	O
as	O
did	O
the	O
European	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7200	I-Device
(	O
marketed	O
as	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8200	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
taller	O
,	O
highly	O
modified	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
9500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
:	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
mini-tower	O
case	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
subsequently	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
840AV	I-Device
,	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8100	I-Device
,	O
8200	B-Device
and	O
8500	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infoworld	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
described	O
the	O
case	O
's	O
design	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
"	O
Apple	O
recommends	O
that	O
you	O
take	O
your	O
machine	O
into	O
an	O
authorized	O
dealer	O
to	O
install	O
additional	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
when	O
you	O
try	O
to	O
put	O
it	O
all	O
back	O
together	O
,	O
you	O
may	O
find	O
some	O
of	O
your	O
internal	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
connections	O
have	O
come	O
loose.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
is	O
not	O
capable	O
of	O
operating	O
at	O
24-bit	O
color	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
how	O
much	O
VRAM	O
is	O
installed	O
,	O
or	O
whether	O
an	O
external	O
video	O
card	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Pogue	O
described	O
this	O
as	O
"	O
Apple	O
deliberately	O
crippling	O
this	O
machine	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
attractiveness	O
of	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
900	I-Device
and	O
950	B-Device
models.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CD-ROM	O
:	O
Some	O
configurations	O
included	O
an	O
AppleCD	B-Device
300i	O
2x	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
800	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Macintoshes	B-Device
shipped	O
with	O
a	O
bootable	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
configurations	O
include	O
an	O
external	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
port	O
,	O
two	O
ADB	O
and	O
two	O
serial	O
ports	O
,	O
3	O
NuBus	O
slots	O
,	O
a	O
Processor	O
Direct	O
Slot	O
,	O
mono	O
audio	O
in	O
,	O
and	O
stereo	O
audio	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
800	O
:	O
Sold	O
in	O
multiple	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
8	O
MB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
onboard	O
)	O
,	O
512	O
KB	O
VRAM	O
(	O
onboard	O
)	O
,	O
230	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
