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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 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Superseded by the Mac Pro in August 2006
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