Power Macintosh 7100
Manufacturer	Apple Computer
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Introduced	March, 1994
Discontinued	January, 1996
Price	US$2900, 3300, 3500
CPU	PowerPC 601, 66 and 80 MHz
RAM	8 MB, expandable to 136 MB, 80 ns 72 pin SIMM
OS	System 7.1.2, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9

The Power Macintosh 7100 was a high-end Macintosh personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from March 1994 to January 1996. The PowerMac 7100 was a faster more expandable Power Macintosh 6100, and was a part of the original Power Macintosh line along with it. It came in a slightly restyled Macintosh IIvx style-case, and was "speed bumped" to 80 MHz in January 1995. When it was discontinued it was succeeded by two new models, the Power Macintosh 7200 and the Power Macintosh 7500. Image File history File links Power_Macintosh_7100_66. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The PowerPC 601 was the first generation of microprocessors to supports a sub-set of the PowerPC Architecture. ... 30- (top) and 72-pin (bottom) SIMMs. ... System 7 (codenamed Big Bang) was a version of Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer. ... Mac OS 8 is a series of versions of the Mac OS that, although they introduced few remarkable new user features, supported a transition through major changes in the Apple Macintosh hardware platform. ... Mac OS 9 was the last version of what has since become known as the classic Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS), introduced by Apple Computer on October 23rd, 1999. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... An Apple Power Macintosh 6100/60 (1994) The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computers first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor co-created by IBM and Motorola. ... Power Macintosh, or Power Mac, is the name of a line of Apple Macintosh personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors. ... The Macintosh IIvx was one of the models of the Macintosh II series of Macintosh computers from Apple. ... The Power Macintosh 7500 was one of the first PCI capable Macs manufactured by Apple Computer. ...

Codename Lawsuit

The Power Macintosh 7100' internal code name was "Carl Sagan," in honor of the astronomer. When Sagan learned of this internal usage, he sued Apple Computer to use a different project name — other projects had names like "Cold fusion" and "Piltdown Man", and he was displeased at being associated with what he considered pseudoscience. Though Sagan lost the suit, Apple engineers complied with his demands anyway, renaming the project "BHA" (Butthead Astronomer). Sagan sued Apple for libel over the new name, claiming that it subjected him to contempt and ridicule. Sagan lost this lawsuit as well; still, the 7100 saw another name change: it was lastly called "LAW" (Lawyers Are Wimps).

See also

• List of Macintosh models grouped by CPU
• List of products discontinued by Apple Computer

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External Links

• Power Macintosh Specs, EveryMac.com - http://www.everymac.com/