Editing Macintosh Plus (section)

==Long production life==
[[File:Macintosh Plus ED logo.png|thumb|The "ED" at the end of the model name indicates that this Macintosh was sold to the educational market.]]
Although the Macintosh Plus would become overshadowed by two new Macintoshes, the [[Macintosh SE]] and the [[Macintosh II]] in March 1987, it remained in production as a cheaper alternative until the introduction of the [[Macintosh Classic]] on October 15, 1990. This made the Macintosh Plus the longest-produced Macintosh model, having been on sale unchanged for 1,734 days, a record not surpassed until the second-generation [[Mac Pro]] in 2018. It continued to be supported by versions of the [[classic Mac OS]] up to [[System 7 (Macintosh)|version 7.5.5]], released in 1996. Additionally, during its period of general market relevance, it was heavily discounted like the 512K/512K''e'' before it and offered to the educational market badged as the "Macintosh Plus ED".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://appleclub.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSCF8798.jpg |title=Picture of "Macintosh Plus ED" front |website=Never trust a computer you can't lift! |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906024502/http://appleclub.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSCF8798.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to its popularity, long life and its introduction of many features that would become mainstays of the Macintosh platform for years, the Plus was a common "base model" for many software and hardware products.