Just as the 'pizza box' LC machines had stuck to a winning formula, so too did the 500 series, and 1994 saw the release of the third all-in-one LC machine. Would be a case of deja vu all over again?

Unlike the switch from the 520 to the 550, the 575 did actually boast some changes, and not all of them internal. The system normally came with a CR-ROM drive and 5Mb RAM but a version available only to the educational market allowed the machine to be supplied without the drive and have the RAM reduced to 4Mb. Externally that was as good as it got as once again Apple re-used the same case design.

Internally things were a little better, although 'recycling' was still the word of the day. Just as the LC 550 had 'recycled' the motherboard from the Mac Colour Classic II, the LC 575 'borrowed' the motherboard from the Quadra 605. This gave the machine a speed increase due to the 68LC040 processor running at 33MHz and allowed it to run OS 8 - whether this was a good thing or not though was open to debate. The memory ceiling also went up and users could increase their system memory up to 68Mb.

Another solid performer, the LC 575 was also, sadly, another instantly forgetable machine - it did what it had to do but it wasn't ever going to set the world alight.