The Apple III has competition from the Spindler era, I'm afraid:
http://www.lowendmac.com/roadapples/x200.shtml
My personal experience using these supposed PowerPCs was that they were much slower than the last 68k-based Macs I used. Ludicrous. These machines -- and others similarly compromised -- directly led to the pre-Jobs2 mid-nineties crisis that almost killed Apple.
May 19, 1980: Apple III. Worst. Apple. Ever.
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