Editing Apple IIc (section)

==History==
The Apple IIc was released on April 24, 1984, during an Apple-held event called ''Apple II Forever''. With that motto, Apple proclaimed the new machine was proof of the company's long-term commitment to the [[Apple II]] and its users, despite the recent introduction of the [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]. The IIc was also seen as the company's response to the new [[IBM PCjr]],{{r|markoff198405}}<ref name="miller198407">{{cite news | url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n7/116_Apple_announces_the_IIc.php | title=Apple announces the IIc | access-date=March 17, 2011 | author=Miller, George A. | date=July 1984 | publisher=Creative Computing | pages=116 | archive-date=November 29, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129145103/http://atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n7/116_Apple_announces_the_IIc.php | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ryan198407">{{Cite magazine |last=Ryan |first=Bob |date=July 1984 |title=The newest member of the family goes head to head with the PCjr. |url=https://archive.org/stream/inCider_84-07#page/n59/mode/2up |magazine=InCider |pages=60–63}}</ref> and Apple hoped to sell 400,000 by the end of 1984.<ref name="hayes19840424">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/24/business/apple-is-banking-on-new-portable-the-iic-computer.html | title=Apple is Banking on New Portable: The IIc Computer | work=The New York Times | date=1984-04-24 | access-date=5 January 2015 | author=Hayes, Thomas C. | url-access=limited | archive-date=January 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129085038/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/24/business/apple-is-banking-on-new-portable-the-iic-computer.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The company described it as a [[portable computer]] despite lacking a display or battery.{{r|mcgeever19850318}} While essentially an [[Apple IIe]] computer in a smaller case, it was not a successor, but rather a complement. One Apple II machine would be sold for users who required the expandability of slots, and another for those wanting the simplicity of a [[plug and play]] machine with portability in mind.

The machine introduced Apple's [[Snow White design language]], notable for its case styling and a modern look designed by [[Hartmut Esslinger]] which became the standard for Apple equipment and computers for nearly a decade. The Apple IIc introduced a unique off-white coloring known as "Fog", chosen to enhance the Snow White design style.{{r|markoff198405}} The IIc and some peripherals are the only Apple products to use the "Fog" coloring.<ref>Kunkel, Paul, "AppleDesign: The work of the Apple Industrial Design Group", with photographs by Rick English, New York: Graphis, 1997, p. 30</ref>

Codenames for the machine while under development included Lollie, ET, Yoda, Teddy, VLC, IIb, IIp.<ref>{{cite book |title=Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company |publisher=No Starch Press |isbn=978-1-59327-010-0 |page=46 |url=https://archive.org/details/appleconfidentia0000linz/page/46/mode/2up |url-access=registration |access-date=5 September 2021 |first=Owen W. |last=Linzmayer|year=2004 }}</ref>