In August 2024, I spent way too much time detailing Apple’s confusing line of Performa computers.
Background
68K Performas
- The First of a New Line of Macintosh: The Performa 200, 400, 600, & 600CD
- The First Updates: The 250, 405/410/430, & 450
- The 520: A New All-in-One Design
- Fall 1993 Brought an Avalanche of Machines
- The “Money Magazine Edition” Performas
- February 1994: Performa 575, 577, & 578 Launched
- A Look at a Lot of Performa 630CDs, the 640CD, and Some Cool Expansion Cards
- A Change in Direction Before the PowerPC Transition
PowerPC Performas
- The PowerPC Transition (And a New All-in-One)
- The First PowerPC Updates
- 1996 Arrives with New 5200 & 5400s
- The Final Performa Models
Wrapping it Up
Performa Ads
Apple had ads for the Performa all over the place back in the day, from magazines to TV. The most famous video example is a half-hour special named “The Martinettis Bring Home a Computer.”
The print material was focused on what a Performa could do for you at home:
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