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Power Macintosh 7300
M3979 · Platinum
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Identifiers
| Order number | M3979 |
Reference
| Original price | $2,300 – $3,200 |
| Announced | 1997-02-17 |
| Discontinued | 1997-11-10 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS 9.1 |
| Design era | Platinum |
Configurations
| Colors | Platinum |
| CPU | PowerPC 604e @ 166 MHz, PowerPC 604e @ 180 MHz, PowerPC 604e @ 200 MHz |
| Memory | 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 512 MB (max) |
| Storage | 2 GB SCSI HDD, 4 GB SCSI HDD |
| Graphics | Built-in video (2 MB VRAM), 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), 8× CD-ROM |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | ADB · DB-25 SCSI · 2× RS-422 GeoPort serial · 3.5mm audio in/out · AAUI Ethernet · 3× PCI slots · CPU daughtercard |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 407 × 152 × 429 mm |
| Weight | 11.8 kg |
Known quirks
- Same case as 7500/7600 — CPU daughtercard swappable for G3 upgrades
- Popular upgrade base — Sonnet and Newer Tech G3/G4 cards were common
- First 7x00 with PPC 604e — significant speed bump over 601
- CHRP-ready logic board — part of Apple's (abandoned) clone platform