<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
700	I-Device
was	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
October	O
1991	O
to	O
March	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
alongside	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
900	I-Device
as	O
the	O
first	O
computers	O
in	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
series	O
using	O
Motorola	B-Device
68040	I-Device
processor	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
i486DX	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
from	O
Apple	O
to	O
be	O
housed	O
in	O
a	O
mini-tower	O
form	O
factor	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
1991	O
was	O
becoming	O
a	O
popular	O
alternative	O
to	O
standard	O
desktop-on-monitor	O
cases	O
that	O
were	O
common	O
through	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
was	O
considerably	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
900	I-Device
(	O
succeeded	O
after	O
six	O
months	O
by	O
the	O
very	O
similar	O
Quadra	B-Device
950	I-Device
)	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
alongside	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
900/950	O
being	O
expensive	O
and	O
bulky	O
with	O
its	O
full	O
tower	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
originally	O
had	O
a	O
list	O
price	O
of	O
US$5	O
,	O
700	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
dropped	O
to	O
under	O
$	O
4,700	O
for	O
a	O
base	O
model	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
its	O
replacement	O
,	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
800	I-Device
,	O
went	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
early	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Centris	B-Device
650	I-Device
,	O
also	O
introduced	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
offered	O
similar	O
performance	O
to	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
but	O
in	O
a	O
desktop-style	O
case	O
with	O
more	O
expansion	O
options	O
while	O
its	O
entry-level	O
configuration	O
had	O
a	O
price	O
point	O
closer	O
to	O
$	O
3,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Form	O
factor	O
:	O
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
case	O
is	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
popular	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIcx	I-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIci	I-Device
models	O
;	O
this	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
those	O
models	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
sometimes	O
placed	O
the	O
older	O
case	O
vertically	O
in	O
a	O
mini-tower	O
orientation	O
and	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
recognized	O
this	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
Apple	O
logo	O
and	O
model	O
name	O
printed	O
in	O
the	O
vertical	O
orientation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IIcx	O
and	O
IIci	B-Device
were	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
their	O
rubber	O
feet	O
to	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
side	O
for	O
vertical	O
orientation	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CPU	O
:	O
Motorola	B-Device
68040	I-Device
@	O
25MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
:	O
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
could	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
68	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
which	O
with	O
its	O
25MHz	O
processor	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
very	O
useful	O
computer	O
for	O
scientific	O
or	O
design	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expansion	O
:	O
Two	O
Nubus	B-Device
slots	O
and	O
a	O
Processor	B-Device
Direct	I-Device
Slot	I-Device
;	O
processor	O
upgrades	O
from	O
Apple	O
and	O
other	O
manufacturers	O
were	O
sold	O
for	O
the	O
700	O
when	O
the	O
PowerPC	O
601	O
accelerator	O
cards	O
came	O
along	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
faster	O
230	O
MB	O
unit	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
mid-1992	O
when	O
the	O
Quadra	B-Device
950	I-Device
was	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
:	O
Like	O
the	O
IIci	B-Device
,	O
the	O
700	O
has	O
integrated	O
graphics	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
board	O
but	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
earlier	O
model	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
dedicated	O
VRAM	O
for	O
its	O
video	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
:	O
I/O	O
was	O
available	O
with	O
dual	O
serial	O
ports	O
,	O
two	O
ADB	B-Device
ports	I-Device
,	O
an	O
AAUI	B-Protocol
ethernet	O
port	O
,	O
mono	O
audio	O
in	O
,	O
stereo	O
audio	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
DB-25	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
900	O
,	O
are	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	O
models	O
with	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
Ethernet	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	O
system	O
:	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.0.1	I-Operating_System
was	O
included	O
as	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
earliest	O
Macintosh	O
model	O
to	O
support	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
uses	O
tantalum	O
capacitors	O
on	O
the	O
logic	O
board	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
electrolytic	O
capacitors	O
which	O
can	O
leak	O
fluid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quadra	B-Device
700	I-Device
,	O
alongside	O
an	O
SGI	B-Device
Crimson	I-Device
running	O
IRIX	O
,	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
Jurassic	O
Park	O
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
