The Power Macintosh 7600 is a

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designed, manufactured and sold by

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from April 1996 to November 1997. It is identical to the

Power Macintosh 7500 The Power Macintosh 7500 is a personal computer A personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as Word processor, word processing, web browser, i ...

, but with a

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CPU. Three models were available with 120 MHz, 132 MHz and 200 MHz processors. Like the 7500, it includes advanced Audio-Video ports including

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audio in and out,

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in,

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in and standard Apple video ports. The 7600 features the easy-access "

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" desktop case first introduced with the Power Macintosh 7500. It was eventually replaced by the

Power Macintosh 7300 The Power Macintosh 7300 (also sold with server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 7350) is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from February 1997 to November 1997. It was introduced with 166, 180 and 200& ...

, 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 The Power Macintosh 7200 (and Power Macintosh 8200 tower based variant which was available alongside the 7200 in Europe) is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from August 1995 to February 1997. The 90 MHz mo ...

Models

Introduced April 22, 1996: * Power Macintosh 7600/120:

, 120 MHz Introduced August 3, 1996: * Power Macintosh 7600/132: PowerPC 604, 132 MHz Introduced February 2, 1997: * Power Macintosh 7600/200:

PowerPC 604e The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC microprocessor, processors built. They were designed at the Somerset facility in Austin, Texas, jointly funded and staffed by engineers from IBM and Motorola as a part of the AIM alliance. Som ...

, 200 MHz. Sold in Japan only.

Timeline

References

External links

Power Mac 7600
at lowendmac.com

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