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 A Power Macintosh 7200/90 | |
| Also known as | "Catalyst"[1] |
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| Developer | Apple Computer |
| Product family | Power Macintosh,Workgroup Server |
| Release date | August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08) |
| Introductory price | US$1,700 (equivalent to $3,508 in 2024) |
| Discontinued | February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17) |
| Operating system | System 7.5.2 -Mac OS 9.1 |
| CPU | PowerPC 601 @ 75–120 MHz |
| Memory | 8MB, expandable to 512 MB (70 ns 168-pin DIMM) |
| Dimensions | Height: 6.15 inches (15.6 cm) Width: 14.37 inches (36.5 cm) Depth: 16.93 inches (43.0 cm) |
| Weight | 22 pounds (10.0 kg) |
| Predecessor | Power Macintosh 7100 |
| Successor | Power Macintosh 7300 |
ThePower Macintosh 7200 (andPower Macintosh 8200 tower based variant which was available alongside the 7200 inEurope) is apersonal computer designed, manufactured, and sold byApple Computer from August 1995 to February 1997. The 90 MHz model was sold inJapan as thePower Macintosh 7215, and the 120 MHz model with bundled server software as theApple Workgroup Server 7250. When sold as the 8200, it used theQuadra 800'smini-tower form factor.
The 7200 was introduced alongside thePower Macintosh 7500 and8500 at the 1995 MacWorld Expo in Boston.[2] Apple referred to these machines collectively as the "Power Surge" line, communicating that this second generation of PowerPC machines offered a significant speed improvement over their predecessors. Introduced as a successor to thePower Macintosh 7100, the 7200 represents the low end of this generation ofPower Macintosh,[1] which replacedNuBus withPCI. It shares the 7500's "Outrigger" case. At launch, the 7200 was available with processor speeds of 75 and 90 MHz, with the slower model being replaced by a 120 MHz CPU in February 1996. The 120 MHz model was also available in a "PC compatible" variant, which came with a PCI card that allowed the computer to runMicrosoft Windows and other PC operating systems. The card featured a 100 MHzPentium processor.
ThePower Macintosh 7300 replaced the 7200 in February 1997.
Unlike other Power Macintosh machines of the time, the CPU is soldered to the motherboard instead of on adaughterboard. This presented a challenge for users who wanted to upgrade to a faster processor. At the time of its introduction, Apple promised an inexpensivelogic board upgrade to the 7500, but due to high demand for the 7500, this never materialized. When the upgrade was finally made available, it was to the follow-on model, thePower Macintosh 7600, and came in the form of a complete logic board replacement.[3] The base price was $1,300 and upgraded the system to a120 MHz CPU, but did not include L2 cache.
The 7200's CPU was considered otherwise impossible to upgrade until, over three years after the 7200 was discontinued, Sonnet eventually produced an G3 upgrade card for the PCI slots.[4]
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