August 1, 1989: On this day, Apple provided the Macintosh SE with a SuperDrive, thereby greatly expanding the possibilities of external storage. It was the first Macintosh with an internal hard drive bay and a second floppy drive bay.
Apple made the first attempt at a Mac for business, and thanks to its expansion slot, it can be considered the first expandable computer in the Mac line. While it looked almost the same as the original 1984 Macintosh, it had impressive improvements in terms of processing power and portable storage. High-density FDHD floppies were very different from the 400 KB SSDD and 800 KB DDSD floppies in use at the time.
Apple SuperDrive makes Mac SE FDHD super versatile
In addition to storing 1.4 MB of data, the Apple SuperDrive can read and write IBM-formatted floppy disks and 3.5-inch DOS disks with the right software. Although both of these formats, like the drives themselves, are now obsolete, at the time they made the Mac SE one of the most versatile Mac computers, capable of reading and writing all standard floppy disk formats.
Introduced in 1987, it was the first device in the Macintosh line to have an internal fan to cool system components. This made it noisy to use, but contributed to a longer lifespan.
The Macintosh SE garnered a loyal following, despite being launched almost at the same time as the technically superior color capable Mac II.
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