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Power Macintosh 7200
M3979 · Platinum
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Identifiers
| Order number | M3979 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,700 |
| Announced | 1995-08-07 |
| Discontinued | 1996-04-01 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS 9.1 |
| Design era | Platinum |
Configurations
| Colors | Platinum |
| CPU | PowerPC 601 @ 75 MHz, PowerPC 601 @ 90 MHz, PowerPC 601 @ 120 MHz |
| Memory | 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 256 MB (max) |
| Storage | 500 MB SCSI HDD, 1.2 GB SCSI HDD, 2 GB SCSI HDD |
| Graphics | Built-in HPV video (1 MB VRAM), Apple HPV Card, PCI video card |
| Operating system | System 7.5, System 7.5.1, System 7.5.2, System 7.5.3, System 7.5.5, Mac OS 7.6, Mac OS 7.6.1, Mac OS 8.0, Mac OS 8.1, Mac OS 8.5, Mac OS 8.5.1, Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.0, Mac OS 9.0.2, Mac OS 9.0.3, Mac OS 9.0.4, Mac OS 9.1 |
| Removable media | 1.4 MB floppy (FDHD), 4× CD-ROM |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | ADB · DB-25 SCSI · 2× RS-422 GeoPort serial · 3.5mm audio in/out · AAUI Ethernet · 3× PCI slots |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 407 × 152 × 429 mm |
| Weight | 11.8 kg |
Known quirks
- First PowerPC Mac with PCI instead of NuBus — huge speed jump for expansion cards
- Sibling to 7500/8500/9500 — shared PCI Power Surge architecture
- No CPU upgrade path — CPU soldered, unlike the 7500's daughtercard
- Popular as a PCI testbed in the mid-90s Mac community