Debuting at half the price of the 950, the 800 featured the same Motorola 68040 33 MHz processor as the 950 but its additional interleaved RAM running at 70 ns, as well as an enhanced video system and SCSI bus, enabled it to outperform the 950.

Infoworld's review of the Quadra 800 described the case's design as follows: "Apple recommends that you take your machine into an authorized dealer to install additional memory.

It’s no wonder — the procedure is fraught with difficulties (although not as bad as previous compact models such as the SE).

In order to access the SIMM slots, you need to detach the logic board from its plastic holders (which are easily broken).

"[1] Video: The logic board has 512 KB of on-board VRAM; this is sufficient to provide 256-color (8-bit) support on monitors up to 16 inches in size.