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
External links[]
- Power Macintosh 8500/120, 132, 150, and 180: Technical Specifications at Apple Support
- Power Macintosh 8500/120, 132, 150, 180 specs at EveryMac
- Power Macintosh 8500 at Apple-History
- Power Macintosh 8500 at IT History Society
- Power Mac 8500 at Low End Mac
- Power Mac 8500-series at Mac Gurus Logic Board Layouts
- Power Macintosh 8500 at madeApple
- Power Macintosh 8500 at Wikipedia