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The '''Macintosh II''' is a [[personal computer]] designed, manufactured, and sold by [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] from March 1987 to January 1990. Based on the [[Motorola 68020]] 32-bit CPU, it is the first [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] supporting color graphics. When introduced, a basic system with monitor and 20 MB hard drive cost {{US$|5498|1987|round=-1}}. With a 13-inch color monitor and 8-bit display card the price was about {{US$|7145|1987|round=-1}}.<ref name="edwards">{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Benj |title=The Macintosh II celebrates its 25th anniversary |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1167123/the_macintosh_ii_celebrates_its_25th_anniversary.html |date=June 7, 2012 |website=[[Macworld]] |access-date=January 1, 2017 |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102082915/http://www.macworld.com/article/1167123/the_macintosh_ii_celebrates_its_25th_anniversary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This placed it in competition with [[workstation]]s from [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Sun Microsystems]], and [[Hewlett-Packard]].
The Macintosh II was the first computer in the Macintosh line without a built-in display; a monitor rested on top of the case like the [[IBM Personal Computer]] and [[Amiga 1000]]. It was designed by [[hardware architect|hardware engineers]] [[Michael Dhuey]] (computer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=iPod Inventor {{!}} Wisconsin Alumni Association |url=https://www.uwalumni.com/news/ipod-inventor/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.uwalumni.com |language=en}}</ref> and Brian Berkeley (monitor)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Werner |first=Ken |date=March 2021 |title=Brian Berkeley Reflects on His Career at Apple, Samsung, and SID |url=https://sid.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/msid.1202 |journal=Information Display |language=en |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=52–57 |doi=10.1002/msid.1202 |issn=0362-0972}}</ref> and [[industrial designer]] [[Hartmut Esslinger]] (case).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pavic |first=Vjeran |date=2019-06-26 |title=A photo history of Frog, the company that designed the original Mac |url=https://www.theverge.com/design/2019/6/26/18758789/apple-mac-design-snow-white-frog-polk-photo-essay |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref><ref name=levy_making_of>{{cite magazine |last=Levy|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Levy|date=May 1987|title=The Making of the Macintosh II|magazine=Macworld|issn=0741-8647|publisher=PCW Communications|location=San Francisco|pages=55-63|url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8705_May_1987/page/n58|access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>
Eighteen months after its introduction, the Macintosh II was updated with a more powerful CPU and sold as the [[Macintosh IIx]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple Announces 68030 Macintosh IIx With High Density Compatible Drive |url=https://www.tech-insider.org/mac/research/1988/0919.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.tech-insider.org}}</ref> In early 1989, the more compact [[Macintosh IIcx]] was introduced at a price similar to the original Macintosh II,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magid |first=Lawrence J. |date=1989-03-09 |title=Mac IIcx--the Core of the Future |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-09-fi-1230-story.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> and by the beginning of 1990 sales stopped altogether.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pogue |first=David |url=http://archive.org/details/macworldmacsecre00pogu |title=Macworld Mac SECRETS |last2=Schorr |first2=Joseph |date=1999 |publisher=Foster City, CA : IDG Books Worldwide |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7645-4040-0 |pages=22}}</ref> Motherboard upgrades to turn a Macintosh II into a IIx or [[Macintosh IIfx]] were offered by Apple.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pina |first=Larry |url=https://vintageapple.org/macbooks/pdf/Macintosh_II_Repair_and_Upgrade_Secrets_1991.pdf |title=Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets |publisher=Brady Publishing |year=1991 |isbn=0-1 3-929530-5 |location=New York |pages=171}}</ref>
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