Mine is my Color Classic.... and I have a eMac and a headless iMac G4.
What is your Favorite Compact Mac?
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I like color in a small form factor, I run alot on my CC and I have a presto plus in it. it is fast now.
I'm gonna have to say the Classic II. Last of the B&W compacts, it was the second-best compact in most people's eyes. I just love mine to death; such a nifty little machine 
This topic comes up from time to time. Many have already weighed in under this thread: What is your favourite compact mac? (B/W ones) and under this thread: Which B&W Compact Mac is the BEST?!?. This thread is also worth reading just to make sure you're considering ALL the compact Macs in your decision: Complete Collection of Every Compact Mac?
Mystic CC.
Thanks for the old links, Mac128. I think that *why* this question is asked so often defines us as Mac heads. The classic Mac OS runs on modular boxes, which we love too, but the compact form factor still defines the brand years later.
Getting Mac OS and MacPaint to run in 128KB of RAM was stupidly implausible. Once you'd done that, everything was possible.
Very true, and I certainly wish Microsoft would have employed some of that "let's do the implausible" in their latest MS Office '08 product. Sadly, they like so many software developers now days assume users have the latest CPUs installed, contributing to a never ending stream of bloatware. While some may defend these bloatshops by crying "software portability," the fact still remains that the days of true software programming wizardry are now gone. The original Mac team (and Lisa team too) were a gang of amazing engineers.
I suppose I shall cast another vote, this time for the Mac Classic. I really like the industrial design of that model over any other compact Mac, and I absolutely love the fact it has System 6 in ROM -- what fun! They are also widely available on EBAY for very low prices. But alas, it's no SE/30 (mainly why EBAY prices are so low). But if you don't care about speed or upgradability, it's a fun Mac to use.
It has been 15 years since the last black and white compact Mac was sold (the Mac Classic II was discontinued in late 1993) and amazingly the shape of the original Mac is still in use. With or without the Apple logo, everyone knows what it represents.
I have seen it on greeting cards, on a banner at a local school in the computer lab, on products (I think it was TechTool that used a Classic on their box) and even on programs (MacTracker uses a Classic as its icon despite the fact that it covers much more recent models). Some people still think of the Classic/SE when they hear "Mac".
I still use my SE (which was actually sitting in a closet for two years until recently) and still find it to be the most "Maclike" of all the computers I have (with the LC coming awfully close). The monochrome screen, square mouse, unit form factor, floppy drive placement, and old-fashioned operating system (the SE is running System 6) all make me think of a "real Mac".
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