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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,440,186 articles in EnglishArtsBiographyGeographyHistoryMathematicsScienceSocietyTechnologyAll portalsOverview · Editing · Questions · HelpContents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z indexToday’s featured articleThe Macintosh Classic is a personal computer that was manufactured by Apple Computer from October 15, 1990 to September 14, 1992. It was the first Apple Macintosh sold under US$1,000. Production of the Classic was prompted by the success of the Macintosh Plus and the SE. The Classic was very similar to its predecessors: due to limited technological advances, it used the same 9-inch (23 cm) monochrome CRT display, 512×342 pixel resolution, and its performance was hampered by the same 4 megabyte (MB) memory limit of the older Macintosh computers. Nevertheless, the Classic featured several improvements over the Macintosh Plus, which it replaced as Apple’s low-end Mac computer. It was up to 25 percent faster than the Plus and included an Apple SuperDrive 3.5″ floppy disk drive as standard. The Classic was an adaptation of Jerry Manock and Terry Oyama’s Macintosh 128K industrial design, as was the earlier Macintosh SE. Apple released two versions that ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500. Reviewers’ reactions were mixed; most focused on the slow processor performance and lack of expansion slots. The consensus was that the Classic was only useful for word processing, spreadsheets and databases. (more…)Recently featured: Winfield Scott Hancock – André Kertész – ConatusArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:… that the 1688 Siege of Bangkok (illustration pictured) ended with the total retreat of French troops from Siam, modern-day Thailand?… that “Greenzo”, an episode of 30 Rock, was part of NBC’s Green Week that aimed at having every primetime program aired during the second week of November 2007 contain an environmental theme?… that English vinegar manufacturer and Liberal member of parliament Mark Hanbury Beaufoy wrote well-known verses on gun safety?… that the Oregon Imnaha Guard Station is one of the few U.S. Forest Service guard stations that have been occupied almost every summer since 1939?… that beetles of the Belinae subfamily prefer feeding on wood of diseased or dying plants to healthy ones?… that Rogers Morton was the only person in the 20th century from the East Coast of the United States to serve as Secretary of the Interior?… that Cine City in Manchester, England, the third cinema to open in England in 1912 as “The Scala”, has recently been demolished?… that George Edward Pendray coined the term time capsule and created the word laundromat?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsWeekend cross-strait charter flights (pictured) between Taiwan and Mainland China resume after 59 years.Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued by the Colombian government after being held captive by FARC guerillas.A Palestinian man drives a front-end loader into several vehicles in Jerusalem, killing three before being shot dead.A four-day state of emergency is declared in Mongolia after violent protests follow the legislative elections.Thousands of Chinese riot in Guizhou, targeting local government buildings and officials over an alleged police cover-up of the death of a teenage girl.Robert Mugabe is sworn in for his sixth term as President of Zimbabwe after a controversial run-off presidential election in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew his candidacy due to election-related violence.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…July 4: Aphelion (08:00 UTC, 2008); Independence Day in the United States; Filipino-American Friendship Day in the Philippines993 – Pope John XV became the first pope to canonize a saint, Ulrich of Augsburg.1776 – The Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies in British North America adopted a Declaration of Independence, considered to be the founding document of the United States.1865 – Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (illustration of Alice pictured) was first published, based on a story he first told Alice Liddell and her sisters exactly three years earlier in a rowing boat travelling on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow.1941 – German AB-Aktion operation in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed approximately 45 professors of the University of Lwów.1976 – Israel Defense Forces raided Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers.More events: July 3 – July 4 – July 5Archive – By email – More anniversaries…It is now 07:37, July 4, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this pageToday’s featured pictureA video of the second raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, the photograph of which by Joe Rosenthal became one of the most recognizable of World War II. This was shot by U.S. Marine Sergeant Bill Genaust, who was standing next to Rosenthal, and as such, the film shows the event from almost the same angle as the famous photograph.Film credit: Bill Genaust, United States Marine CorpsNeed help viewing this video?Recently featured: Stonemasonry – Insect flight – Theodore RooseveltArchive – More featured pictures…