The Macintosh Centris 660AV, the last computer to use the Centris name.

Macintosh Centris was a set of three 1993 Macintosh models that were built around the Motorola 68LC040 and 68040 CPUs. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc The Motorola 68040 is a Microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1990. The name was chosen to indicate that the consumer was selecting a Macintosh in the center of Apple's product line: lower performance (and price) than the Quadra computers, but higher performance (and price) than the Performa computers of the time. The Macintosh Quadra series was Apple Computer 's product family of professional high-end Apple Macintosh Personal computers built using the Motorola The Macintosh Performa series was Apple Computer 's Consumer product family of Apple Macintosh Personal computers from 1992 until 1997 when the

The name was used for the Centris 610 and Centris 650, which were introduced in March 1993. The Macintosh Quadra 610 the Macintosh Centris 610 are two closely-related Personal computers that are a part of Apple Computer 's Quadra and The Macintosh Quadra 650 and the Macintosh Centris 650 are two closely-related Personal computers that are a part of Apple Computer 's Quadra and It was also used a few months later for the Centris 660AV. The Macintosh Quadra 660AV (Codename "Tempest" is a Personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer 's Quadra series of Macintosh

The Centris 610, introduced in March 1993, used a 20 MHz 68LC040 CPU, which had no math coprocessor functions. It used a new "pizza box" case that was intended to be placed under the user's computer monitor. A visual display unit, often called simply a monitor or display, is a piece of Electrical equipment which displays images generated from the Video This case was later used again in the Quadra 610 and Power Macintosh 6100 lines of computers, and when these later computers were introduced, Apple offered consumers a product upgrade path by letting them buy a new motherboard. The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer 's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor created by IBM and Motorola. Apple's motherboard upgrades of this type were considered expensive, however, and were not a popular option. The Centris 610 also provided the base for the Workgroup Server 60. Apple Workgroup Server (AWS or sometimes WGS and later Macintosh Server, were the names given to selected models of Macintosh computers which were sold by

The Centris 650 initially used a 25 MHz 68LC040 CPU; later models used a 68040. It used the same case as the older Macintosh IIvx and Macintosh IIvi computers, and subsequent computers using the same case were the Macintosh Quadra 650 and the Power Macintosh 7100 line. The Macintosh IIvx (code name Brazil was the last of the Macintosh II series of Macintosh computers from Apple. The Macintosh IIvi was a short-lived model of the Macintosh II series of Macintosh computers from Apple. The Macintosh Quadra 650 and the Macintosh Centris 650 are two closely-related Personal computers that are a part of Apple Computer 's Quadra and The Power Macintosh 7100 was a high-end Apple Macintosh Personal computer that was designed manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from March 1994

The Centris 660AV used a 25 MHz 68040 and also had a digital signal processor chip from AT&T. A digital signal processor ( DSP or DSP micro) is a specialized Microprocessor designed specifically for Digital signal processing, generally Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and Like other "AV" computers from Apple, it had video input and output.

The name "Centris" was soon considered to be confusing to customers, and was abandoned. The Centris 610 and 650 were replaced about 6 months later by the Quadra 610 and 650 models, which kept the same basic case and design but raised the CPU speeds from 20 MHz and 25 MHz to 25 MHz and 33 MHz respectively; while the Centris 660AV was renamed to the Quadra 660AV without any actual design change.

Timeline of Macintosh Quadra and Centris models

See also: Timeline of Apple Macintosh models