Both companies agreed that the 80386 microprocessor, which can handle information in 32-bit chunks, is emerging as the entry-level computer for business.
This made it more of an information appliance than the rest of the Macintosh series, to the chagrin of many customers who expected a well-rounded entry-level computer.
Dedicated game players will likely want a faster computer with more memory, but most entry-level computers (at entry-level prices) have enough speed, memory and storage to handle all these tasks.
It was intended to be an entry-level computer to replace the VIC-20 and it often sold for 99 USD.
The Classic appears to be an excellent entry-level computer, although we expect that most users, especially those who expect to use the machine for light office or heavy educational chores, will probably want the Classic 2/40.
The entry-level computer is named the PW2 LAN Workstation/286.
The new model is three times as fast as the Apple IIc, Apple's entry-level computer.
That gap widened from eight percentage points five years ago even as the price of entry-level personal computers plunged.
Tandem also introduced a new entry-level computer based on conventional processor technology, the CLX/R, which is priced at $24,950.
Hewlett-Packard bundles gadgets with its entry-level computers, trying to pitch digital photography and music as convincing reasons to buy.
