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The Power Macintosh 7300 (codenamed Montana) was a personal computer created by Apple in the Power Macintosh series. The Power Macintosh is Apple's replacement for the Power Macintosh 7200. This personal computer was released on February 17, 1997.

All three Power Macintosh 7300 models are based in the PowerPC 604e, and run at 166 MHz, 180 MHz and 200 MHz. The 166 MHz model was sold only in Asia.

Features[]

The Power Mac 7300 is a desktop personal computer with business-ready specifications. It comes with:

  • 32 MB of RAM (expandable to 512 MB using 70ns 168-pin DIMMs, but Apple notes it has not been tested yet)
  • Interleaved RAM
  • 2 GB hard drive
  • Level 2 cache
  • 12x CD-ROM drive
  • Built-in Ethernet
  • 3 PCI slots
  • 150W power supply

Variants[]

Like the Power Macintosh 7200, the 7300 does not have AV input/output ports. The counterpart to the 7300 with AV features is the Power Macintosh 7600.

Models[]

  • Power Macintosh 7300/166 (Asia only)
  • Power Macintosh 7300/180
  • Power Macintosh 7300/180 PC Compatible (with a PC Compatibility Card in one PCI slot)
  • Power Macintosh 7300/200

Included software[]

  • Mac OS 7.5.5
  • Finder 7.5.5
  • LaserWriter 8.3.4
  • QuickTime 2.5
  • Sound Manager
  • Speech Manager
  • QuickDraw 3D
  • QuickDraw GX (QuickDraw GX, ColorSync 1.0.5, and Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3 were included)
  • CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)

External links[]

Power Macintosh series
Power Macintosh 5200 · 5260 | 5300 | 5400 | 5500 · 20th Anniversary Mac
Power Macintosh 6100 | 6200 | 6300 | 6400 | 6500
Power Macintosh 7100 | 7200 · 7215 | 7220 (4400) | 7300 | 7500 | 7600
Power Macintosh 8100 · 8115 | 8200 | 8500 · 8515 | 8600
Power Macintosh 9500 · 9515 | 9600 | 9700
Power Macintosh G3 · "beige" · desktop · tower · all-in-one | "blue & white"
Power Mac G4 · G4 Cube | G5
Superseded by the Mac Pro in August 2006
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