Power Macintosh 8500

The Power Macintosh 8500 was a high-end Macintosh personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from August 8, 1995 until February 17, 1997, and was replaced by the Power Macintosh 8600.

Features
Though the 8500 externally resembles the preceding Power Macintosh 8100, it switched from a PowerPC 601 processor on NuBus architecture to a much faster PowerPC 604 processor on PCI architecture.

Releases
The first 8500 model that was released on August 8, 1995 featured a 120 MHz PowerPC 604. Updated versions were released on April 22, 1996 with 132 or 150 MHz versions of the 604. On August 5, 1996, a version with a 180 MHz PowerPC 604e was released.

Variants
The 120 MHz version was released in Europe and Japan as the Power Macintosh 8515.

Included software

 * Mac OS 7.5.2
 * Finder 7.5.3
 * LaserWriter 8.2.2
 * QuickTime 2.0
 * QuickDraw GX
 * ColorSync 1.0.5
 * Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3
 * CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
 * Speech Manager
 * Apple Guide
 * AppleScript 1.0.1
 * PC Exchange
 * Apple Video Player