Apple introduced the extremely fast Macintosh IIfx exactly 28 years ago, namely on March 19, 1990. Inside the infernal machine was a processor with a clock frequency of 40 MHz. The price of the apple computer started at 9 dollars, but in the highest configuration it went up to 870 dollars. If we were to recalculate the prices to today's value of money, the purchase price of the Macintosh IIfx would range from $12 to $000.
The Macintosh IIfx was essentially the sixteenth Mac model to see the light of day. He showed how dramatically the computing power of computers had increased in just a few years. It had a 40MHz Motorola 68030 microprocessor.
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In addition to the processor, the computer gained speed from two dedicated I/O processors known as peripheral interface controllers. These were two 10MHz 6502 processors used in the Apple II. The Macintosh IIfx was then the fastest Mac that Apple presented until then. He held the title of the fastest computer until Apple released the Quadra 1993av model in 840.
The Macintosh IIfx was the last computer with the design Snow White, with which Apple came in 1984. The term Snow White was introduced by designer Hartmut Esslinger, using vertical and horizontal stripes to create the illusion that the computer is smaller than it actually is.
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Despite its high performance, the Macintosh IIfx did not make its way into the world of professional workstations, as Apple originally hoped. The Cupertino company thought it had developed a computer that would find a place in engineering and medicine. But that didn't happen.
While incredibly powerful, the Macintosh IIfx lagged behind the high-end IBM and Digital Equipment Corp. workstations. But even so, it had its supporters, especially among people working in creative fields that required excellent graphics.
Source: Cult of Mac, Old Computer
