In 1994, IIRC, I used a Mac IIfx with a 21" Radius CRT monitor with 24-bit color. It probably also had a 34010 graphics processor (we didn't call them GPU's back then). The machine was perfectly capable of supporting multiple monitors, seamlessly extending the desktop. Preemptive multitasking excepted, it was easily on the same league as Sun 3 or HP/Apollo 400 workstations.
Around 97, I think, I installed MkLinux on a PowerMac that sat unused in a closet at the ISP I worked for. Then I left. One year after that, I returned as a consultant and found all retired PowerMacs running MkLinux on developer and sysadmin desks. It felt good.
