Macintosh Performa

The Macintosh Performa was a consumer-oriented line of Macintosh computers from Apple Computer. They were first sold through consumer stores and also became available from the same computer stores that sold other Macintosh models.
==Product history==
The Performas were launched with their own variants of System 7, from 7.0.1P to 7.1.2P, which came with special software bundles and utilities, such as the Performa control panel. With the release of System 7.5, newer Performas came with the matching versions of the classic Mac OS. The removal of bundles as a Performa exclusivity, and the eventual removal of even the monitor as a core part of the Performa, made it lose its defining characteristics.
===Discontinuation===
By the fourth quarter of 1996, Performa sales were 90,000 units below sales targets, contributing to a loss of 120 million.Missing Performas Found, MacAddict #8, p.26. 1997-04. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he found the product lineup to be confusing and the last Performas were discontinued in 1997, leaving only the Power Macintosh line. The iMac G3 was launched in 1998 as the new desktop consumer system of Apple's simplified product lineup.Beleaguered: Apple Bottoms Out, 1996 to 1998, Low End Mac. 2006-09-29.
==References==
==See also==
*Macintosh LC series - targeted towards the education market.
==External links==
*Macintosh Performa at Apple Computer (archived 1997-02-04)
**Performas at The Company Store (archived 1997-07-15)
**Technical Specifications for Macintosh Performa (archived 2002-06-02)
*Macintosh Performa series at EveryMac
*Apple’s Performa Line, 1992 to 1997 by Daniel Knight at Low End Mac (2015-09-14)
**Performa index (2005-04-05)
*Performa Logic Board Layouts! at Mac Gurus
* at Wikipedia
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