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 A Power Macintosh 7300/200 | |
| Also known as | "Montana" |
|---|---|
| Developer | Apple Computer |
| Product family | Power Macintosh,Workgroup Server |
| Released | February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17) |
| Introductory price | US$1,700 (equivalent to $3,410 in 2025) |
| Discontinued | October 10, 1997 (1997-10-10) |
| Operating system | System 7.5.5 -Mac OS 9.1 |
| CPU | PowerPC 604e @ 166, 180, 200 MHz |
| Memory | 16MiB, expandable to 1GiB (70 ns 168-pin 5V 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 7200 Power Macintosh 7600 |
| Successor | Power Macintosh G3 (Desktop) |
| Related | Power Macintosh 8600 Power Macintosh 9600 |
ThePower Macintosh 7300 (also sold with server software as theApple Workgroup Server 7350) is apersonal computer designed, manufactured and sold byApple Computer from February 1997 to November 1997. It was introduced with 166, 180 and 200 MHz CPUs in February 1997 alongside thePower Macintosh 8600 and9600. The 7300 replaced both thePower Macintosh 7200 and7600, replacing the only remaining first-generationPowerPC system in Apple's lineup.[1]
MacUser Magazine's review says the 7300 "offers the most satisfying improvement" of the new machines introduced in early 1997 due to a significant performance jump from its predecessors, as well as offering 50% faster CD-ROM and hard disk space.
The 7300 was replaced by thePower Macintosh G3 desktop model in November 1997. The Workgroup Server 7350 continued to be sold until March 1998 when theMacintosh Server G3 was introduced.
The 7300 uses the "Outrigger" case first introduced with thePower Macintosh 7500, but features an enhancedPowerPC 604e CPU. However, it no longer came with the video in capability the 7600 had, which possibly accounts for the fact that this is the only time that Apple used a lower model number for an upgraded model.[2] Apart from that, the 7300 is more closely related to the 7600 than to the 7200, with features such as a processor daughtercard andinterleaved RAM. The 7300/180 model was also available in a "PC compatible" configuration that included a 166 MHzPentium processor with its own RAM (up to 64 MiB) on a PCI card which also provides a PCgame port. This allowed the Mac to dual-bootMicrosoft Windows, which was not compatible with PowerPC hardware. ThePC Compatible Macs were effectively two computers combined in to one.
Like the Power Macintosh 7600, the 7300 series utilizes 168-pin DRAM DIMMS, allowing for a total of 8 to be added for 1024 MiB in total. It utilized VRAM SIMMS and allowed 4 units to be added for a total of 4 MiB, providing output at a resolution of up to 1152x870 at 24-bit and 1280x1024 at 16-bit.[3] Additionally, it includes 3 PCI slots allowing the addition of third party cards, including graphics cards.
A 2 GB SCSI hard drive was included as standard, on an internal 10 MiB/s SCSI bus, with an external 5 MiB/s SCSI port on the back panel.[4]
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