The Power Macintosh 4400 (sold as the Power Macintosh 7220 in some markets) is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer as part of the Power Macintosh line from November 1996 to February 1998. it differed from most previous Macintosh models in that the floppy disk drive is on the left rather than right, and like the Centris 650, the enclosure is made of metal rather than plastic. Apple did this to reduce production costs, in addition to using more industry standard components such as an IDE hard drive and an ATX-like power supply.
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| Release date | November 1996 |
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| Discontinued | February 1998 |
| Operating system | System 7.5.3, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9 |
| CPU | PowerPC 603e @ 150 and 200 MHz |
| Memory | Expandable to 160 MiB (70 ns 168-pin DIMM) |
| Successor | Power Macintosh G3 Desktop |
The 4400 was introduced to the market at a time when several Macintosh clones were available on the market, often at prices lower than Apple's. The "Tanzania" logic board in the 4400 was an Apple design but had only been used in clones up to this point. MacWEEK's review described the case as "Strange in the Apple brood; when compared with PCs it fits right in with the flock. It is contained in a stock desktop PC case fitted with Apple's distinctive curved nose piece. The back is industrial-looking, while bent sheet metal fills the case's insides, sharp edges and all. The IDE drive sits on end, while the Comm II slot (occupied with an Ethernet card) and two PCI slots reside in a riser card. For the first time, Apple has abandoned automatic switching in the power supply, a small cost savings at the expense of international users' convenience."[1]
Models
The initial 4400/160 model was only sold to the Europe market.
An updated 200 MHz 603e model was released in the United States in February 1997 as the Power Macintosh 4400/200. It was also available as a "PC Compatible" system with a 166 MHz DOS card containing 16 MB of RAM and a Cyrix 6x86 processor.
The Power Macintosh 4400 was sold as the Power Macintosh 7220 in Australia and Asia, where the number 4 is considered unlucky, and to prevent confusion with the Power Macintosh 7200.
Introduced November 7, 1996:
- Power Macintosh 4400/160[2]
Introduced February 17, 1997:
Introduced April 4, 1997:
| Timeline of Power Macintosh, Pro, and Studio models |
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References
- ^ Geller, Tom (February 17, 1997). "Power Mac 4400 on par with clones in price and power". MacWEEK.
- ^ "Power Macintosh 4400/160: Technical Specifications". Apple.
- ^ "Power Macintosh 4400/200: Technical Specifications". Apple.
- ^ "Power Macintosh 7220/200: Technical Specifications". Apple.
- ^ "Power Macintosh 4400/200 PC Compatible: Technical Specifications". Apple.
- ^ "Power Macintosh 7220/200 PC Compatible: Technical Specifications". Apple.
External links
- Forevermac.com- Power Mac 4400/200
- Lowendmac.com - Power Macintosh 4400
- Apple-history.com - Power Macintosh 4400 information
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