Apple Performa 5300 (M4382F/A) Mac Desktop

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A Study in contradictions

byuttc2uxx Sep 21, 2003

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls

Pros Will play TV; ergonomics excellent.

Cons Does not network properly (if at all.) IDE hard drive. Generally a slow machine.

Recommended it? Yes

The Performa 5300 is the most maligned Macintosh ever produced. Yet it will fetch premium prices (for a used computer.) Why? Because it will play TV. Because its ergonomics are excellent. This is more than many current computers will do. It was ahead of its time, and if Apple hadn't made such a hash of its system architecture, it would have been much for successful. Still use the machine for scanning.