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Power Macintosh 5400

Apple announced one product on 17 February 1996: Power Macintosh 5400.

It was the 3rd of 14 dated moments the archive holds for 1996, 2 days after the previous one, 15 February 1996.

Power Macintosh 5400 product photograph

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Power Macintosh 5400

Mac · Power Macintosh · discontinued 1 March 1998

The Power Macintosh 5400 (also sold under variations of the name Performa 5400) is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from April 1996 to March 1998. The 5400 is an all-in-one computer with an integrated monitor, and replaced the Power Macintosh 5200 LC in that role. It is largely identical to the Power Macintosh 6400 internally, which is essentially the same computer (the "Alchemy" platform) in a tower case. This is the first all-in-one Macintosh to support PCI expansion, replacing the Processor Direct Slot.

Unlike other Power Macintosh machines of the time, the 5400 was only sold to education markets. Macintosh Performa-branded variants were generally only sold in Europe, Asia and Australia while the less-powerful Performa 5300CD remained on sale in the Americas for much of 1996.

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Sources

  1. Power Macintosh 5400 · Wikipedia

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