Power Macintosh 8500
Manufacturer	Apple Computer
Introduced	August 8, 1995
Discontinued	February 17, 1997
Price	US$3999
CPU	PowerPC 604 or PowerPC 604e, 120,132,150,180 MHz
RAM	16 MiB, expandable to 512 MiB, 70 ns 168-pin FPM or EDO DIMM
OS	System 7.5.2

The Power Macintosh 8500 (the 120 MHz model is also known as Power Macintosh 8515 in Europe and Japan) was a high-end Macintosh personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1995 until 1997. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built A mebibyte (a contraction of me ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated MiB. A DIMM, or dual in-line memory module, comprises a series of Dynamic random access memory Integrated circuits These modules are mounted on a Printed System 7 (codenamed "Big Bang" and sometimes called Mac OS 7) is a single-user Graphical user interface -based Operating system for Macintosh For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Billed as a high-end graphics computer, the Power Macintosh 8500 was also the first Macintosh to ship with a replaceable daughtercard. A daughterboard or daughtercard is a Circuit board meant to be an extension or "daughter" of a Motherboard (or 'mainboard' or occasionally another Though slower than the 132 MHz Power Macintosh 9500, it featured several audio and video (S-Video and composite video) in/out ports not found in the 9500. The Power Macintosh 9500 (the 132 MHz model is also known as Power Macintosh 9515 in Europe and Japan) is a high-end Macintosh Personal Super Video or Separated Video abbreviated S-Video and also known as Y/C is an analog video signal that carries the video data as two separate Composite video is the format of an Analog television (picture only signal before it is combined with a sound signal and modulated onto an RF

As with the other models in the x500 series, the 8500 underwent several "speed bump" modifications during its production. It originally shipped with a 120 MHz PowerPC 604 CPU, later with the same chip running at 150 MHz, and finally with a PowerPC 604e running at 180 MHz. PowerPC is a RISC Instruction set architecture created by the 1991 Apple – IBM – Motorola alliance known as AIM The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built It was succeeded by the Power Macintosh 8600 in February 1997. The Power Macintosh 8600 (Codename "Kansas" is a Personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer 's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh

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See also

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