If you’re a fan of lurid, revealing shots of vintage hardware, then look no further than our cousins over at PC World, who’ve gone ahead and stripped a classic Apple IIc down to its constituent parts. Given the machine’s 7.5lb. weight and compact size, they dub it the “MacBook Air of 1984,” though, as they point out, it does feature three times the ports that the MBA does.
It’s amazing to think that a mere twenty-three years ago, this was one of the slickest personal computers on the market. Look at the size of the motherboard—now remember how big the MacBook Air’s is? Still, both are rather elegant in their simplicity for the times they were made.
I have to admit, as much as I like my MacBook’s keyboard, I think it would be sweet if Apple put one of those IIc clicky keyboards in the MBA. I can dream, right?
My first computer! I still think that the //c had the best keyboard I've ever used -- the slanting keyboard and barely raised keys allowed for really fast and accurate typing.
My 1st computer, too! I bought it to complete my MBA. The capstone course was a business simulation. I use AppleWorks spreadsheet to model the business. I had to break the model into 6 spreadsheets due to the memory limitations. My daughters, now adults, called the IIc "Charlie". Great computer. I still have it