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Power Macintosh 6200/6300

Apple announced one product on 1 May 1995: Power Macintosh 6200/6300.

It was the 4th of 9 dated moments the archive holds for 1995, 28 days after the previous one, 3 April 1995.

Power Macintosh 6200/6300 product photograph

Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC0

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Power Macintosh 6200/6300

Mac · Power Macintosh · discontinued 1 July 1997

The Power Macintosh 6200 (also sold under variations of the name Performa 6200, Performa 6300 and Power Macintosh 6300) is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from May 1995 to July 1997. The 6200 is the PowerPC-based replacement for the Quadra 630, with the same form factor and price range. In early 1997, the rather different Power Macintosh 6300/160 / Performa 6360 based on the Power Macintosh 6400 was introduced. The whole line was discontinued when the desktop model of the Power Macintosh G3 was released.

In addition to the many Performa variants, it also includes model numbers above 6300 (which would normally indicate a different model). The model numbers above 6260 use a PowerPC 603e processor, but are otherwise virtually identical. Finally, some computers with model numbers that indicate they belong to the 6200/6300 family (the above-mentioned Power Macintosh 6300/160 and its Performa version 6360) are rather different on the inside. Generally, the 6200 and 6300 are closely related to the Power Macintosh 5200 LC and 5300 LC. For nearly every 6000-series (desktop) model, there is a 5000-series (all-in-one) model with an integrated CRT screen.

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Sources

  1. Power Macintosh 6200/6300 · Wikipedia

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