Power Macintosh 8500

Introduced:	August 8, 1995
MSRP:	$3999
CPU:	604[?], 604e[?]
CPU speed:	various
Shipped with system version:	7.5.2
RAM:	16 MB, expandable to 512 MB
Discontinued:	February 17, 1997

Billed as a high-end graphics computer, the Power Macintosh 8500 was also the first Macintosh to ship with a replaceable daughtercard[?]. Additional features included ports for S-Video and composite video.

As with the other models in the x500 series, the 8500 underwent several "speed bump" modifications during its production. It originally shipped with a 120 MHz PowerPC 604 CPU, later with the same chip running at 150 MHz, and finally with a PowerPC 604e running at 180 MHz.