Macintosh Quadra 630

The Macintosh Quadra 630 was the last model of Apple Computer's Quadra series of Macintosh systems. It was released on July 18, 1994, replacing the Quadra 610, although the PowerPC-based Power Macintosh line had already been introduced a few months earlier in March. Two reasons were cited for this: One, the older 68040 processors were less expensive; and two, PowerPC-native software was not yet as widely available.
==Product history==
The Quadra 630 was powered by a full 33 MHz 68040 processor with a floating-point unit (FPU). Lower-priced versions with a 68LC040 (without an FPU) were marketed as the Macintosh LC 630 for the educational market, and the Performa 630 for the consumer market.
The Quadra 630 was discontinued on April 17, 1995. The 630 models were superseded by the Power Macintosh 6200 and the Performa 6200, which took similar positions in Apple's product lineup, using the same case design. A PowerPC 601 upgrade was also offered from Apple until March 2, 1996.
==Included software==
*System 7.1.2P
*Finder 7.1.4
*At Ease 2.0
*LaserWriter 7.1.2
*CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
*QuickTime 2.0
*Sound Manager 
*Apple Video Player
*Macintosh Drag 'n' Drop
*AppleTalk
*American Heritage Dictionary
*ClarisWorks v2.1
*eWorld
*Quicken v4.0 from Intuit
*Kid Works 2 from Davidson & Associates
*Thinkin' Things from Edmark
*The Writing Center from The Learning Company
*Spectre Challenger
*Spin Doctor Lite
*Macintosh PC Exchange
*Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia
*Electronic Arts 3D Atlas v1.1
*The Family Doctor 3rd Edition
*Wacky Jacks CD Game Show from Zenda
*Dole Five-a-Day Adventure
*Software Dispatch
**EA*Kids Art Center from Electronic Arts
**Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure from Electronic Arts
**Hello Kitty Big Fun Deluxe from Sanrio and Big Top Productions
**Lemmings from Psygnosis
==References==
==External links==
*Macintosh Quadra 630: Technical Specifications at Apple
*Macintosh Quadra 630 at Apple-History
*Macintosh Quadra 630 specs at EveryMac
*Quadra 630 at Low End Mac
*Performa / Quadra 630-series at Mac Gurus Logic Board Layouts
* at Wikipedia
Category:1994 introductions