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Power Macintosh 7600
M3979 · Platinum
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Identifiers
| Order number | M3979 |
Reference
| Original price | $3,000 |
| Announced | 1996-04-22 |
| Discontinued | 1997-02-17 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS 9.1 |
| Design era | Platinum |
Configurations
| Colors | Platinum |
| CPU | PowerPC 604 @ 120 MHz, PowerPC 604 @ 132 MHz, PowerPC 604e @ 200 MHz |
| Memory | 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 512 MB (max) |
| Storage | 1.2 GB SCSI HDD, 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 · Composite/S-Video in/out · 3× PCI slots · CPU daughtercard |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 407 × 152 × 429 mm |
| Weight | 11.8 kg |
Known quirks
- Built-in video in/out — successor to the 7500's AV features
- Same chassis as 7200/7300 — toolless service-friendly case
- CPU daughtercard accepted G3/G4 upgrades — long-lived machine
- Surface-mount cap leakage and PRAM battery issues common