Apple System 7

Scope and Contents Introduced in October 1993 and available until April 1996, Macintosh Performa 550 featured a more powerful processor than the earlier LC 520. The Performa 550 featured only consumer applications, as opposed to other Performa variants which also included business applications, and was initially sold at a price tag on $2000. The Performa series of computers came about as part of Apple’s efforts to expand past the professional market into the consumer market. At the time, agreements...

Scope and Contents The Power Macintosh/Power Mac was the mainstay of Apple's top-end line for twelve years from 1994 to 2006 until the line was replaced by the Mac Pro and included a built-in Mac 68K emulator for earlier Mac software. The lower-end counterparts to the Power Mac series were the iMac (for personal home use) and the eMac (for educational use).Manufactured from 1995 to 1997, the Power Macintosh 8500 was billed as a high-end graphics computer (featuring nearly broadcast-quality A/V...