Editing Macintosh II (section)

=== Workstation Competitors ===

The Macintosh II also competed with entry-level workstations from established vendors. The [[Sun 3/60]] offered similar 68020-based performance with Unix as the standard operating system. However, the Macintosh II provided:

* Superior ease of use through the Macintosh graphical interface
* Better commercial software availability
* Lower entry price for color graphics configurations
* Stronger multimedia and desktop publishing capabilities

The [[Apollo DN3000]] and [[HP 9000 Series 300]] workstations offered superior floating-point performance and networking capabilities but at significantly higher prices and with steeper learning curves.