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Power Macintosh 7200

Personal computer by Apple Computer

Field	Value
name	Power Macintosh 7200
aka	"Catalyst"
family	Power Macintosh, Workgroup Server
developer	Apple Computer
image	Apple-Mac-PPC-7200-90.jpg
caption	A Power Macintosh 7200/90
alt	Beige box with a floppy and CD drive
release date
MSRP
CPU	PowerPC 601
CPUspeed	75–120 MHz
OS	System 7.5.2 - Mac OS 9.1
RAM	8 MB, expandable to 512 MB
RAMtype	70 ns 168-pin DIMM
dimensions	Height: 6.15 in
Width: 14.37 in
Depth: 16.93 in
weight	22 lb
discontinued
predecessor	Power Macintosh 7100
successor	Power Macintosh 7300

Width: 14.37 in Depth: 16.93 in

The Power Macintosh 7200 (and Power Macintosh 8200 tower based variant which was available alongside the 7200 in Europe) is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from August 1995 to February 1997. The 90 MHz model was sold in Japan as the Power Macintosh 7215, and the 120 MHz model with bundled server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 7250. When sold as the 8200, it used the Quadra 800's mini-tower form factor.

The 7200 was introduced alongside the Power Macintosh 7500 and 8500 at the 1995 MacWorld Expo in Boston.{{cite magazine | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/macworldmacsecre00pogu/page/517

The Power Macintosh 7300 replaced the 7200 in February 1997.

Upgrades

Unlike other Power Macintosh machines of the time, the CPU is soldered to the motherboard instead of on a daughterboard. This presented a challenge for users who wanted to upgrade to a faster processor. At the time of its introduction, Apple promised an inexpensive logic board upgrade to the 7500, but due to high demand for the 7500, this never materialized. When the upgrade was finally made available, it was to the follow-on model, the Power Macintosh 7600, and came in the form of a complete logic board replacement. The base price was $1,300 and upgraded the system to a 120 MHz CPU, but did not include L2 cache.

The 7200's CPU was considered otherwise impossible to upgrade until, over three years after the 7200 was discontinued, Sonnet eventually produced an G3 upgrade card for the PCI slots.

Models

A '''Power Macintosh 8200''', the 7200 in a 8500 tower case

Introduced August 8, 1995:

Power Macintosh 7200/75{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729132318/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP343 | url-status = live
Power Macintosh 7200/90{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729132345/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP345 | url-status = live

Introduced January 11, 1996:

Power Macintosh 7215/90{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729132409/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP350 | url-status = live

Introduced February 26, 1996:

Workgroup Server 7250/120{{cite web | access-date = 2017-10-04 | archive-date = 2012-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729132416/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP264 | url-status = live

Introduced April 22, 1996:

Power Macintosh 7200/120{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2012-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729132400/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP347 | url-status = live
Power Macintosh 7200/120 PC Compatible{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2015-02-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201090845/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP349 | url-status = live
Power Macintosh 8200/100{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2009-05-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090515192803/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP384 | url-status = live
Power Macintosh 8200/120{{cite web | access-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-date = 2022-09-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220926133645/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP385?locale=en_US | url-status = live

References

Shatz-Akin, Jim. (July 1996). "Power Takes the Lead - Upgrade Pit Stop". MacUser.
"Sonnet Technologies Crescendo G3 7200 400/512k (1M) Specs @ EveryMac.com".

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