#quadra 950

[airplanestopperadatara]

Quadra 950 by ne0ph

[krjpalmer]

BYTE November 1992

As the covers for both the November 10, 1992 and November 24, 1992 PC Magazines are missing on Google Books, I’ve had to skip ahead to BYTE. This issue’s cover story looked at low-cost yet name-brand computers, if with some cautions for what this might mean for the industry. A higher-end computer also snuck onto the cover to promote a story about “Stalking the Ultimate Workstation.”

[kirinsretrocloset]

Macintosh Quadra 950 spec sheet, 1992.

33MHz 68040 processor, 8MB of RAM expandable to a whopping 64MB! 1-2MB of video RAM. 400MB optional hard drive. Came with Mac OS System 7. Weighed about 37 lbs.

[krjpalmer]

Macworld July 1992

The speed-bumped Quadra 950 dominated this issue’s cover, and so far as “more computing power (to be soaked up by ever more elaborate software)” went, Steven Levy’s column lamented how Microsoft Word 5.0 had taxed his Macintosh IIcx (“if the Russians had gotten ahold of one of these babies 20 years ago, they might have won the cold war”) to the limit, then speculated on what programs might have got to by the end of 1999, including Microsoft Words (“When the delivery truck drops off the package of 80 floppies...”), Lotus 10-20-30 (“Instead of the cursor changing to a wristwatch, you get a calendar”), MacDrawnOut (“For best results, Claris recommends a two-teraflop machine”) and System 77 (“the video extension is called SlowTime”). An article delved into how to set up a home office and work from it, featuring independent businesspeople such as John Delancey, Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation. On a personal note, at the beginning of 1993 my family went looking for Macintosh magazines; this was the oldest issue we could find at the time.

[inkymoleblog]

My Life In Macs.

The other day I found a photo of my friend's baby, 'tapping away' on my keyboard. I emailed it to her and wrote, 'Hey look Jules! It's George on my Mac!' She sent back the message 'actually, that's Isabelle.' To which I, gormlessly, replied '...are you sure?' Of course she's sure - it's her daughter. I on the other hand remain confused about exactly when the PowerMac 4400 was replaced by the G4 (which was like a thousand Christmases at once) and when the 4400 replaced the Quadra 950. The Quadra my Mum and I bought between us - not realising this was a super-powerful server machine capable of running a vast network and built like a tank - and the 4400 was bought with my own money. Gosh. Every Mac I've owned has been passed on to a family member, sparing me the pain of 'recycling' it or (shudder) 'harvesting' it for parts. The Quadra stayed with Mum. The G4 went to Dad. The 24" iMac went to my sister. The MacMini went to my other sister, but has come back home now for use as a music station. The only one I sold was a little black Powerbook, which ran my other company's* office for two years. *and that's another story. I've loved all of them and it's no secret I'm horribly sentimental about them, as each one is irrevocably connected with life events. The Quadra meant leaving college and moving into no. 6. The PowerMac was buying my own house, and George and Isabelle coming into the world. The G4 was finally earning enough to buy a brand new one. And so on. But there is only so much the house can take. The PowerMac 4400 and the Quadra have to go. They still spring into life when I switch them on. 2 x Classic Macs, a colour Apple monitor, a modem, keyboard, mouse and assorted cable madness plus various geeky bits where I've upgraded. Anyone, by any chance, want to adopt?