Power Macintosh 7300
Manufacturer	Apple Computer
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Introduced	February 17, 1997
Discontinued	November 10, 1997
Price	US$1700, 2300
CPU	PowerPC 604e, 166 - 200 MHz
RAM	16 MB, expandable to 1 GB, 70 ns 168-pin DIMM
OS	System 7.5.5

The Power Macintosh 7300 (Codename: "Montana"; also sold with server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 7350) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. It was introduced at a processor speed of 180 or 200 MHz (in Europe and Asia, an additional 166 MHz configuration was available) in February 1997 alongside the Power Macintosh 8600 and the Power Macintosh 9600. It replaced both the Power Macintosh 7200 and the Power Macintosh 7600, and was itself discontinued in favor of the Power Macintosh G3 desktop model in November 1997. Apple Computer, Inc. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The PowerPC 604e is an IBM RISC-based processor featured in a number of Apple Computers Macintosh systems. ... System 7 (codenamed Big Bang) was a version of Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer. ... Apple Workgroup Server (AWS or sometimes WGS) and, later, Macintosh Server, were the names given to selected models of Macintosh computers which were sold by Apple Computer with additional server software and sometimes bigger hard drives . ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Power Macintosh, or Power Mac, is the name of a line of Apple Macintosh personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... The Power Macintosh 9600 (Codename: Kansas; also sold with additional server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 9650) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computers Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. ... The Power Macintosh 7600 was a PowerPC 604 based desktop computer sold by Apple in three speeds (120MHz, 132MHz and 200MHz - the last model was not available in North America) between April 1996 and November 1997. ... The Power Macintosh G3 (commonly called beige G3s or platinum G3s for the color of their cases) was a series of personal computers made by Apple from November 1997 to January 1999. ...

The 7300 uses the same "Outrigger" case as its predecessors, but features an enhanced PowerPC 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 ^[1]. Apart from that, the 7300 is more closely related to the 7600 than to the 7200, with features such as a processor daughtercard and interleaved RAM. The 7300/180 model was also available in a "PC compatible" configuration that included a 166 MHz Pentium processor with its own RAM (up to 64 MB) on a PCI card which also provided a PC game port. Unfolding an outrigger case The Outrigger is a style of Apple Macintosh desktop computercase designed for easy access. ... The PowerPC 604e is an IBM RISC-based processor featured in a number of Apple Computers Macintosh systems. ... Interleaving in computer science is a way to arrange data in a non-contiguous way in order to increase performance. ... Pentium logo, with MMX enhancement The Pentium is a fifth-generation x86 architecture microprocessor by Intel. ... The game port is the traditional connection for video game input devices on an x86-based PCs. ...

External links

• Power Macintosh 7300/166, 7300/180, 7300/180 (PC compatible) and 7300/200 specifications at AppleSpec
• Power Macintosh 7300 at apple-history.com
• Power Macintosh 7300/166, 7300/180 and 7300/200 at EveryMac.com

References

1. ^ Power Macintosh 7300 at Low End Mac