Editing Macintosh Performa 580CD (section)

== Hardware Overview ==

The Performa 580CD shares its logic board with the [[Macintosh LC 580]] and uses the same LC 630-derived architecture:

* '''Processor''': Motorola 68LC040 at 33 MHz (no FPU)
* '''RAM''': 4 MB soldered on-board, expandable to 52 MB via dual 72-pin SIMM slots
* '''Storage''': IDE interface (250 MB or 500 MB configurations)
* '''Display''': 14" shadow mask CRT (not Sony Trinitron) at 640×480
* '''Expansion''': LC PDS slot, communications slot, video I/O slot

=== Differences from LC 580 ===

The Performa 580CD differs from the education-only LC 580 primarily in bundled software and regional availability:

{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
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! Feature !! LC 580 !! Performa 580CD
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| Target market || Education (worldwide) || Consumer (Canada, Asia, Australia)
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| Base RAM || 8 MB || 5 MB or 8 MB
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| Hard drive || 500 MB || 250 MB or 500 MB
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| Software bundle || Education software || Consumer software, At Ease
|}