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| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| Product family | Power Macintosh,Performa |
| Type | All-in-one |
| Released | April 15, 1996 (1996-04-15) |
| Discontinued | March 1, 1998 (1998-03-01) |
| Operating system | System 7.5.3 -Mac OS 9.1 |
| CPU | PowerPC 603ev @ 120–200 MHz |
| Dimensions | Height: 17.5 inches (44 cm) Width: 16 inches (41 cm) Depth: 15.1 inches (38 cm) |
| Weight | 47 pounds (21 kg) |
| Predecessor | Power Macintosh 5200 LC |
| Successor | Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One |
| Related | Power Macintosh 5500 |
ThePower Macintosh 5400 (also sold under variations of the namePerforma 5400) is apersonal computer designed, manufactured and sold byApple Computer from April 1996 to March 1998. The 5400 is anall-in-one computer with an integrated monitor, and replaced thePower Macintosh 5200 LC in that role. It is largely identical to thePower Macintosh 6400 internally, which is essentially the same computer (the "Alchemy" platform) in atower case. This is the first all-in-one Macintosh to supportPCI expansion, replacing theProcessor Direct Slot.
Unlike otherPower Macintosh machines of the time, the 5400 was only sold to education markets.[1][failed verification]Macintosh Performa-branded variants were generally only sold in Europe, Asia and Australia while the less-powerfulPerforma 5300CD remained on sale in the Americas for much of 1996.
The more powerfulPower Macintosh 5500 was introduced in April 1997, and both computers continued to be sold alongside each other. When the education-onlyPower Macintosh G3 All-In-One was introduced in early 1998, the 5400 and 5500 were both discontinued.
The 5400 has one PCI slot replacing theLC-basedProcessor Direct Slot found in previous models, and an L2 cache slot for an optional L2 cache card. It uses a 15"shadow mask CRT with a 12.8" viewable size as the monitor, with resolutions ranging from 640x480 up to 832x624.
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| Timeline of Power Macintosh, Pro, and Studio models |
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 See also:List of Mac models |
