Power Macintosh 7600

{{Short description|1996 Apple computer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

{{Primary sources|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox information appliance

| name = Power Macintosh 7600

| family = Power Macintosh

| developer = Apple Computer

| Image = pm7600_01.jpg

| caption = A Power Macintosh 7600/132

| release date = {{start date|1996|04|22}}

| MSRP = {{USD|2700|1996}}

| processor = PowerPC 604, 120–132 MHz
PowerPC 604e, 200 MHz

| OS = System 7.5.3 - Mac OS 9.1

| RAM = 16 MB, expandable to 1 GB

| RAMtype = 70 ns 168 pin DIMM

| discontinued = {{end date|1997|11|17}}

| predecessor = Power Macintosh 7500

| successor = Power Macintosh 7300

}}

The Power Macintosh 7600 is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from April 1996 to November 1997. It is identical to the Power Macintosh 7500, but with a PowerPC 604 CPU. Three models were available with 120 MHz, 132 MHz and 200 MHz processors. Like the 7500, it includes advanced Audio-Video ports including RCA audio in and out, S-Video in, composite video in and standard Apple video ports. The 7600 features the easy-access "outrigger" desktop case first introduced with the Power Macintosh 7500.

It was eventually replaced by the Power Macintosh 7300, one of the very few times that Apple updated a computer but gave it a lower model number - the reason is that the 7300 was a joint replacement for the 7600 and the Power Macintosh 7200.

Models

Introduced April 22, 1996:

  • Power Macintosh 7600/120:{{cite web

| url = https://support.apple.com/kb/SP368

| title = Power Macintosh 7600/120: Technical Specifications

| publisher = Apple

| access-date = September 26, 2022

| archive-date = August 11, 2014

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811000957/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP368

| url-status = live

}} PowerPC 604, 120 MHz

Introduced August 3, 1996:

  • Power Macintosh 7600/132:{{cite web

| url = https://support.apple.com/kb/SP370

| title = Power Macintosh 7600/132: Technical Specifications

| publisher = Apple

| access-date = September 26, 2022

| archive-date = August 10, 2014

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810234602/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP370

| url-status = live

}} PowerPC 604, 132 MHz

Introduced February 2, 1997:

  • Power Macintosh 7600/200:{{cite web

| url = https://support.apple.com/kb/SP372

| title = Power Macintosh 7600/200: Technical Specifications

| publisher = Apple

| access-date = September 26, 2022

| archive-date = August 10, 2014

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810231550/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP372

| url-status = live

}} PowerPC 604e, 200 MHz. Sold in Japan only.{{cite web

| url = http://tech-insider.org/mac/research/1997/0217.html

| title = Apple's New Professional Power Macintosh Computers Feature Performance, Design Innovation, and Aggressive Pricing

| date = February 17, 1997

| publisher = Apple

| access-date = September 26, 2022

| archive-date = January 19, 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170119112235/http://tech-insider.org/mac/research/1997/0217.html

| url-status = live

}}

Timeline

{{Timeline of Power Macintosh models}}

References

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