Power Macintosh 8500
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| Power Macintosh 8500 | |
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| Manufacturer | Apple Computer |
| Introduced | August 8, 1995 |
| Discontinued | February 17, 1997 |
| Price | US$3999 |
| CPU | PowerPC 604, PowerPC 604e, 120,132,150,180 MHz |
| RAM | 16 MB, expandable to 512 MB, 70 ns 168-pin FPM or EDO DIMM |
| OS | System 7.5.2 |
The Power Macintosh 8500 (the 120 MHz model is also known as Power Macintosh 8515 in Europe and Japan) is a high-end Macintosh personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1995 until 1997. Billed as a high-end graphics computer, the Power Macintosh 8500 was also the first Macintosh to ship with a replaceable daughtercard. Though slower than the 132 MHz Power Macintosh 9500, it featured several audio and video (S-Video and composite video) in/out ports not found in the 9500.
As with the other models in the x500 series, the 8500 underwent several "speed bump" modifications during its production. It originally shipped with a 120 MHz PowerPC 604 CPU, later with the same chip running at 150 MHz, and finally with a PowerPC 604e running at 180 MHz. It was succeeded by the Power Macintosh 8600 in February 1997.
