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Power Macintosh 5260

Personal computer by Apple, Inc.

Field	Value
name	Power Macintosh 5260 / Performa 5260/5270/5280
family	Power Macintosh
developer	Apple Computer, Inc.
type	All-in-one
image	Macintosh Performa 5260 front.jpg
caption	Front view of a Macintosh Performa 5260/120
release date
discontinued
os	System 7.5.3 - Mac OS 9.1
cpu	PowerPC 603e, 100 and 120 MHz
RAM	16 - 64 MB
RAMtype	72-pin, 80ns SIMMs
dimensions	Height: 17.5 in
Width: 15.1 in
Depth: 16 in
weight	45 lb
predecessor	Power Macintosh 5200 LC
successor	Power Macintosh 5500
related	Power Macintosh 5400

Width: 15.1 in Depth: 16 in

The Power Macintosh 5260 is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from April 1996 to March 1997. It is a replacement for the Power Macintosh 5200 LC, retaining its all-in-one form factor while replacing its PowerPC 603 CPU with the newer and faster PowerPC 603e, and dropping the "LC" brand. As was standard practice at the time for Apple, the 5260 was re-branded as a number of Performa models and sold to consumer markets, while the 5260 itself was primarily sold to the North American education market as a Power Macintosh.

The Power Macintosh 5400, also an all-in-one model, was introduced at the same time but had a significantly different logic board that retires the Processor Direct Slot in favour of PCI.

The 5260 was discontinued when the Power Macintosh 5500 was introduced in early 1997.

Hardware

The 5260 has an LC-style Processor Direct Slot, and a slot into which an L2 cache card can be added.

Models

Common to all models are a 14" Shadow Mask RGB display at 640x480 at 16 bit, a single LC PDS slot, 2 RAM slots, and 1 MB of VRAM that cannot be upgraded.{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2017-10-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171003231702/https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_5260_120.html | url-status = live | access-date = September 22, 2017 | archive-date = September 22, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922104947/http://lowendmac.com/1996/performa-5260/ | url-status = live

Introduced April 15, 1996:

Power Macintosh 5260/100: North American education model with 100 MHz CPU, 8 or 16 MiB of RAM, and an 800 MB hard disk{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120829183304/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP304 | url-status = live
Macintosh Performa 5260CD: The Power Macintosh 5260/100, also available with the smaller 800 MB hard disk{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-06-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120603121515/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP298 | url-status = live
Macintosh Performa 5270CD: Identical to the Performa 5260CD, but only sold in Europe and Asia.{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-06-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120603121519/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP488 | url-status = live

Introduced October 1, 1996:

Power Macintosh 5260/120: Later North American education model with 120 MHz CPU, 16 MiB of RAM and a 1.2 GB hard disk{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2022-09-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220926134803/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP305?locale=en_US | url-status = live
Macintosh Performa 5260/120: Consumer version of 5260/120, only sold in Canada and Australia.{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-10-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121028012458/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP299 | url-status = live | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2018-03-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180324200314/http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/powermac.perf_5260.5280.pdf | url-status = live

Introduced November 12, 1996:

Macintosh Performa 5280: Consumer version of 5260/120, only sold in Japan.{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-06-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120603121545/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP313 | url-status = live

Timelines

References

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