<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIcx	I-Device
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
from	O
March	O
1989	O
to	O
March	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIx	I-Device
,	O
the	O
IIcx	O
resembles	O
the	O
IIx	O
and	O
provides	O
the	O
same	O
performance	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
seven	O
inches	O
narrower	O
,	O
ten	O
pounds	O
lighter	O
,	O
and	O
quieter	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
smaller	O
internal	O
fan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
relative	O
compactness	O
results	O
in	O
three	O
NuBus	B-Device
slots	O
being	O
available	O
,	O
compared	O
with	O
six	O
on	O
the	O
IIx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
case	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
either	O
a	O
horizontal	O
or	O
vertical	O
orientation	O
,	O
remained	O
in	O
use	O
for	O
its	O
successors	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIci	I-Device
and	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
vertical	O
orientation	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
minitower	B-General_Concept
cases	O
,	O
was	O
suggested	O
by	O
Apple	O
CEO	O
John	O
Sculley	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
running	O
out	O
of	O
space	O
on	O
his	O
desk	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
layout	O
actually	O
took	O
more	O
space	O
once	O
the	O
monitor	O
was	O
taken	O
into	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
model	O
was	O
designated	O
IIcx	O
for	O
compact	O
(	O
echoing	O
the	O
earlier	O
Apple	O
IIc	O
compact	O
model	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
x	O
was	O
Apple	O
's	O
designation	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
liked	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
IIcx	I-Device
,	O
in	O
part	O
,	O
because	O
its	O
components	O
and	O
parts	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
RAM	O
,	O
NuBus	B-Device
slots	O
,	O
and	O
power	O
supply	O
)	O
snapped	O
into	O
place	O
inside	O
the	O
case	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
screws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIci	I-Device
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
