Apple IIc Plus

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The Apple IIc Plus is the sixth and final personal computer in the Apple II series from Apple Computer. The "Plus" in the name references features not present in the original portable Apple IIc: a built-in, higher capacity 3.5-inch floppy drive (replacing the 5.25-inch drive); increased processing speed; and a standardization of the system components. The Apple IIc Plus, for the most part, did not introduce new technology or evolutionary contributions to the Apple II series, but instead integrated existing peripherals into the original Apple IIc design. The model was discontinued in 1990. By 1988 the Laser 128 series of Apple II clones was popular enough that it had, inCider wrote, "won a place in the Apple market, and irritated Apple in the process". The 128 sold for about $300 less than the Apple IIc. The Apple IIc Plus was introduced on September 16, 1988, at the AppleFest conference in San Francisco, with less fanfare than the IIc had received four years earlier. Described as little more than a "turbocharged version of the IIc with a high-capacity 3½ disk drive" by one magazine review of the time, some users were disappointed. Many IIc users already had add-ons giving them something rather close to what the new model offered. Before the official release of the machine, it had been rumored to be a slotless version of the Apple IIGS squeezed into the portable case of the Apple IIc.