phreakout, thanks for the history lesson, but I'm not sure I understand why you posted it. It's also wrong. The Classic and Classic II overlapped by one full year, the Classic II did not replace the Classic, no more than the SE/30 replaced the SE. You could have saved yourself some trouble and just posted links to many other sites that would have been more accurate. :beige:

It seems to me the Classic series' step-backward here was not in question from a business standpoint but rather, the chagrin of the customers who still loved the form-factor, who were unwilling to accept less than what they had. Whatever the reason Apple did what they did, there is no reason to settle for less today than an SE or SE/30, which was the high-mark for the compact Mac. Price is no longer a significant issue. Style on the other hand is an issue, and then as now, Apple was counting on it to help move units.