This index cover the Macintosh LC series, Apple’s first low-cost color Macs. (68040-based LCs are also listed on the Quadra page.) The LC series was one of the most popular in Apple’s history.
LCs with built-in monitors are listed separately on the 500 series page.
Speedometer score is CPU rating relative to Classic (Speedo 3) and Quadra 605 (Speedo 4).
| model | MacBench (v. SE) | Speedometer 3/4 | MIPS |
| Mac LC | 1.8 | 3.3/ | 2.6 |
| Mac LC II / Performa 400-430 | 1.7 | /0.22 | 3.9 |
| Mac LC III / Performa 450 | 3.6 | 6.9/0.43 | 6.3 |
| Mac LC III+ / Performa 460 | 4.6 | 8.3 | |
| LC 475 / Performa 475 / Quadra 605 | 10.3 | 22.0 |
- Guide to LC PDS Video Cards. Includes Focus, Radius, and RasterOps cards for the LC processor direct slot.
- Elsie, a prototype of the Macintosh LC, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 2006.06.26. This LC prototype has “confidential” ROMs, a reset button on the motherboard, and only supports 1-bit video.
- Making the Most of the LC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 2000.09.01. Although old and slow, the LC and LC II have practical upgrade potential.
- Games for ‘030s, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 2000.05.26. A look at games that run nicely on the old 68030-based Macs.
- News: Sonnet Ships Presto Plus for LC Series Macs, provides acceleration, Ethernet, and 32 MB additional RAM. 2000.04.05
- Review: Presto Plus, The Review, MacNN, 2000.03.29
- System 6 for the Macintosh, Ruud Dingemans. If you have an older, slower, memory-limited Mac, System 6 is fast, stable, and still very usable.
- Email lists: Classic Macs Digest, Vintage Macs
- Pseud040 lets 68020- and 68030-based Macs run 68040 programs – I’ve even heard of Mac OS 8.1 Running on a Mac IIsi!
- RAM Charger from Jump Development ($40) lets you get the most out of your RAM – especially helpful on Macs with 8 MB or less. By launching applications using the minimum amount of memory they need, RAM Charger lets you run more programs. It also works well with RAM Doubler. You can even download a demo.
