Mac Clones History: A Tale of Poor Margins and Bad Timing

PowerComputing was shipping new models faster and cheaper than Apple, and even their advertising was distinctive in the Mac magazines.

When they were kicked off Apple licensing they were allowed to sell their inventory; their last ad had some police officer paraphernalia and the slogan was “We Lost Our License to Speed”.

I had a PowerComputing desktop, sweet metal case, and good performance specs for the price. I can't recall the exact model though. Was still working fine when I donated it to a local vintage computer non-profit!