<s>
The	O
Macintosh	O
LC	B-Device
III	O
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
February	O
1993	O
to	O
February	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
replaced	O
the	O
commercially	O
successful	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
lineup	O
of	O
mid-class	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
significantly	O
faster	O
,	O
with	O
MacWorld	O
Magazine	O
benchmarks	O
showing	O
2x	O
performance	O
in	O
all	O
major	O
categories	O
-	O
CPU	O
,	O
disk	O
,	O
video	O
and	O
maths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
significantly	O
less	O
expensive	O
;	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
III	O
with	O
an	O
80	O
MB	O
hard	O
disk	O
was	O
priced	O
at	O
US$	O
1,349	O
at	O
introduction	O
,	O
$700	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LC	B-Device
III	O
was	O
sold	O
primarily	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
exclusively	O
)	O
to	O
educational	O
institutions	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
corresponding	O
Performa	B-Device
variant	O
called	O
the	O
Performa	B-Device
450	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
consumer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
speed-bumped	O
version	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
LC	B-Device
III+	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
33MHz	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
Performa	B-Device
variants	O
of	O
this	O
model	O
were	O
released	O
:	O
the	O
460	O
,	O
466	O
and	O
467	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
faster	O
models	O
replaced	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
III	O
and	O
Performa	B-Device
450	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
models	O
continuing	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1993	O
as	O
dealers	O
depleted	O
their	O
stocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
LC	B-Device
III+	O
ended	O
in	O
early	O
1994	O
as	O
Apple	O
neared	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
transition	O
away	O
from	O
68030	B-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
68LC040-based	O
LC	B-Device
475	I-Device
and	I-Device
Performa	I-Device
475	I-Device
were	O
their	O
replacements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	O
LC	B-Device
III	O
:	O
25MHz	O
68030	B-Device
CPU	O
,	O
80	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
Performa	I-Device
450	O
:	O
25MHz	O
68030	B-Device
CPU	O
,	O
120	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	O
LC	B-Device
III+	O
:	O
33MHz	O
68030	B-Device
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
Performa	I-Device
460	O
:	O
4	O
MB	O
RAM	O
,	O
80	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
Performa	I-Device
466	O
:	O
4	O
MB	O
RAM	O
,	O
160	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
Performa	I-Device
467	I-Device
:	O
4	O
MB	O
RAM	O
,	O
160	O
MB	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
