Macintosh II series

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family of personal computers

The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.

Aliases (9)

Apple Macintosh II series ×1
Mac II series ×1
Macintosh II ×1
Macintosh IIci ×1
Macintosh IIcx ×1
Macintosh IIcx (in product positioning) ×1
Macintosh IIfx ×1
Macintosh IIsi ×1
Macintosh IIx ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	family of personal computers →
alsoKnownAs	Mac II series →
architecture	Motorola 680x0 →
brand	Macintosh →
bus	NuBus →
category	Apple hardware → Macintosh computers →
company	Apple →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
cpuFamily	Motorola 68020 → Motorola 68030 →
design	modular desktop →
developer	Apple Computer, Inc. →
feature	NuBus expansion slots → internal expansion slots → separate monitor → support for multiple displays →
formFactor	desktop computer →
graphicsCapability	color graphics →
includesModel	Macintosh II → Macintosh IIci → Macintosh IIcx → Macintosh IIfx → Macintosh IIsi → Macintosh IIx →
introduced	1987 →
introductionPeriod	late 1980s →
manufacturer	Apple Computer, Inc. →
marketedAs	high-end Macintosh line →
memoryType	SIMM →
notableFor	bringing color to Macintosh line → expandability → greater performance than earlier Macs →
operatingSystem	System 4 → System 6 → System 7 →
platform	Macintosh →
precededBy	original Macintosh family →
successor	Macintosh Quadra series → Power Macintosh line →
supports	external SCSI devices → floppy disk drives → hard disk drives →
targetMarket	business users → graphics professionals → professional users →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Macintosh II series ("Macintosh II") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh IIx") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh IIcx") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh IIci") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh IIfx") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh IIsi") →	includesModel
Macintosh LC ("Macintosh IIcx (in product positioning)") → Macintosh LC series → Macintosh Quadra → Power Macintosh series → Quadra series →	predecessor
Macintosh II series ("Mac II series") →	alsoKnownAs
Macintosh II →	family
Apple Macintosh computers →	hasPart
System 7 →	ranOnHardware
System 4 →	targetHardware
Motorola 68000 family ("Apple Macintosh II series") →	usedIn