<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
from	O
1990	O
to	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
alongside	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIsi	I-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
wave	O
of	O
lower-priced	O
Macintosh	O
computers	O
,	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
offered	O
the	O
same	O
overall	O
performance	O
as	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
for	O
half	O
the	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
machine	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
sold	O
to	O
school	O
boards	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
price	O
as	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
long	O
after	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
Card	I-Device
was	O
introduced	O
for	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
,	O
Apple	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
retirement	O
of	O
the	O
IIGS	B-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
wanted	O
to	O
focus	O
its	O
sales	O
and	O
marketing	O
efforts	O
on	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
October	O
1990	O
,	O
with	O
updates	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
LC	B-Device
III	I-Device
in	O
1992	O
and	O
early	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
early	O
models	O
all	O
shared	O
the	O
same	O
pizza	B-General_Concept
box	I-General_Concept
form	I-General_Concept
factor	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
were	O
joined	O
by	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
500	I-Device
series	I-Device
of	O
all-in-one	O
desktop	O
machines	O
in	O
mid-1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
total	O
of	O
twelve	O
different	O
LC	B-Device
models	O
were	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
which	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
5300	I-Device
LC	I-Device
,	O
was	O
on	O
sale	O
until	O
early	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
low-cost	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
vein	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
Cheung	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
at	O
Apple	O
as	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
would	O
,	O
in	O
effect	O
,	O
be	O
a	O
significantly	O
smaller	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
with	O
built-in	O
video	O
,	O
no	O
NuBus	B-Device
expansion	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
matching	O
RGB	O
monitor	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
the	O
year	O
prior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
changed	O
direction	O
during	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
executives	O
dictating	O
that	O
the	O
machine	O
should	O
have	O
video	O
capabilities	O
and	O
processing	O
power	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIci	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
under	O
development	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gassée	O
pleaded	O
with	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
keep	O
color	O
as	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
known	O
internally	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
code	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
Elsie	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
homonym	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
LC	B-Device
"	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
1989	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
split	O
the	O
project	O
into	O
three	O
computers	O
—	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIsi	I-Device
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
68030	B-Device
CPU	O
;	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
,	O
which	O
would	O
use	O
a	O
black	O
&	O
white	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
,	O
which	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
68020	B-Device
CPU	O
from	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
external	O
floppy	O
connector	O
that	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
IIsi	B-Device
and	O
Classic	O
was	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
,	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
save	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
dollars	O
for	O
the	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	O
keyboard	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
dropped	O
by	O
this	O
point	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
newly	O
designed	O
keyboard	O
called	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Keyboard	I-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
alongside	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
(	O
a	O
repackaging	O
of	O
the	O
older	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Plus	I-Device
)	O
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIsi	I-Device
(	O
a	O
new	O
entry-level	O
machine	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
pent-up	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
low-cost	O
color	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
was	O
a	O
strong	O
seller	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
machine	O
replaced	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
's	O
Motorola	B-Device
68020	I-Device
processor	O
with	O
a	O
68030	B-Device
and	O
increased	O
the	O
soldered	O
memory	O
to	O
4MB	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
retained	O
the	O
original	O
LC	B-Device
's	O
16-bit	O
system	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
and	O
10MB	O
RAM	O
limit	O
(	O
if	O
4MB	O
SIMMs	O
was	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
extra	O
2MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
would	O
be	O
inaccessible	O
)	O
,	O
making	O
its	O
performance	O
roughly	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
earlier	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
benefit	O
of	O
the	O
030	O
processor	O
in	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
II	I-Device
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
's	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
model	O
sold	O
even	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1990	O
criticized	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
as	O
too	O
expensive	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
consumers	O
would	O
prefer	O
a	O
$	O
2,000	O
IBM	B-Device
PS/1	I-Device
with	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
to	O
a	O
$	O
3,000	O
LC	B-Device
with	O
color	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Classic	O
was	O
more	O
popular	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
by	O
May	O
1992	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
(	O
560,000	O
sold	O
)	O
was	O
outselling	O
the	O
Classic	O
(	O
1.2	O
million	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1993	O
,	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
III	I-Device
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
25MHz	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
68030	B-Device
and	O
had	O
a	O
higher	O
memory	O
limit	O
of	O
36MB	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
10MB	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
and	O
LC	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LC	B-Device
III	I-Device
spawned	O
a	O
whole	O
series	O
of	O
LC	B-Device
models	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
later	O
were	O
sold	O
both	O
with	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
name	O
to	O
the	O
education	O
world	O
and	O
to	O
consumers	O
via	O
traditional	O
Apple	O
dealers	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
Performa	B-Device
to	O
the	O
consumer	O
market	O
via	O
electronics	O
stores	O
,	O
and	O
department	O
stores	O
such	O
as	O
Sears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
475	I-Device
was	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Performa	B-Device
475	I-Device
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
official	O
"	O
LC	B-Device
"	O
was	O
the	O
Power	O
Macintosh	O
5300/100	O
LC	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
1995	O
and	O
discontinued	O
in	O
April	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LC	B-Device
580	I-Device
was	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
last	O
desktop	O
680x0-based	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1993	O
,	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
520	I-Device
,	O
which	O
combined	O
the	O
traditional	O
all-in-one	O
form	O
factor	O
popularized	O
by	O
the	O
compact	O
Macintosh	O
family	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
technology	O
platform	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
III	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
Apple	O
's	O
mainstream	O
education-market	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
built-in	O
14	O
"	O
CRT	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
,	O
and	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
recently-introduced	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Classic	I-Device
,	O
but	O
considerably	O
larger	O
and	O
heavier	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
larger	O
screen	O
and	O
a	O
bulging	O
midsection	O
to	O
house	O
the	O
larger	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
LC	B-Device
500-series	O
models	O
were	O
released	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
520	O
,	O
550	O
,	O
575	O
,	O
and	O
580	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
520	O
and	O
550	O
both	O
using	O
different	O
speeds	O
of	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
575	O
and	O
580	O
sharing	O
the	O
33MHz	O
Motorola	O
68LC040	O
processor	O
but	O
differing	O
on	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
computers	O
were	O
also	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
consumer	O
market	O
through	O
department	O
stores	O
under	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Performa	I-Device
brand	O
,	O
with	O
similar	O
model	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LC	B-Device
models	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
became	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
schools	O
for	O
their	O
small	O
footprint	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
cable	O
clutter	O
,	O
and	O
durability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
TV	I-Device
,	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
LC/Performa	O
520	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
not	O
branded	O
as	O
an	O
LC	B-Device
,	O
uses	O
a	O
black-coloured	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
520	I-Device
's	O
case	O
,	O
a	O
logic	O
board	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
550	I-Device
and	O
a	O
TV	O
tuner	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
5200	I-Device
LC	I-Device
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
April	O
1995	O
with	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603	O
CPU	O
at	O
75MHz	O
as	O
a	O
PowerPC-based	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
500	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
5300	I-Device
LC	I-Device
was	O
released	O
which	O
kept	O
the	O
same	O
motherboard	O
design	O
but	O
included	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603e	O
CPU	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Director	O
's	O
Edition	O
"	O
with	O
similar	O
design	O
and	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
TV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
education	O
models	O
,	O
which	O
prepended	O
the	O
model	O
number	O
with	O
"	O
LC	B-Device
"	O
,	O
the	O
5200	O
/	O
5300	O
models	O
use	O
the	O
Power	O
Macintosh	O
designation	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
main	O
workstation	O
line	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
LC	B-Device
"	O
appended	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
5300	O
LC	B-Device
is	O
the	O
final	O
model	O
branded	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
LC	B-Device
"	O
and	O
was	O
on	O
sale	O
until	O
early	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
replacement	O
was	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
5500	I-Device
,	O
which	O
continued	O
the	O
practice	O
of	O
building	O
education-specific	O
models	O
but	O
without	O
distinctive	O
branding	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
UK-only	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
ONE/225	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
did	O
not	O
produce	O
another	O
education	O
model	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
brand	O
name	O
until	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
