Apple IIe (1983-1993)

Apple IIe 

The Apple IIe (styled as the Apple //e), released in January 1983 for $1,395, was the third and most successful model in the Apple II series, designed to rectify the limitations of the aging Apple II Plus. The "e" stood for "enhanced," a nod to its massive hardware consolidation; by using custom ASIC chips, Apple reduced the motherboard's chip count from over 100 to just 31, significantly increasing reliability and lowering production costs. It was the first in the line to feature a full ASCII keyboard with native lowercase support, a dedicated "Delete" key, and a special auxiliary slot that allowed for an 80-column text display and a memory boost to 128KB of RAM. Its rugged design and vast library of educational software made it the definitive "classroom computer" of the 1980s, surviving through several revisions—including the Enhanced IIe (1985) and the Platinum IIe (1987)—until it was finally discontinued on November 15, 1993. This 11-year production run made it the longest-lived computer in Apple's history, outlasting even the early Macintosh models that were intended to replace it.

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