Power Macintosh 8600

The Power Macintosh 8600 was a personal computer that was a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. It was introduced at a processor speed of 200 megahertz on February 17, 1997, and was introduced at processor speeds of 250 & 300 megahertz on August 5, 1997, which replaced the original 200 megahertz model. This product was discontinued one year after it was introduced. The Processor was mounted on a daughter card that fitted into a slot on the motherboard. The Power Mac 8600 required 168 pin DIMM ram and used 50 pin SCSI hard drives.

200 MHz model

 * Mac OS 7.5.5
 * Finder 7.5.5
 * LaserWriter 8.3.4
 * Apple Guide
 * AppleScript
 * ColorSync 1.0.5
 * CD-ROM (features Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
 * QuickDraw 3D
 * QuickDraw GX
 * QuickTime 2.5
 * Sound Manager
 * Speech Manager
 * Apple Video Player
 * PC Exchange
 * Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3
 * Energy Saver

250 & 300 MHz models

 * Mac OS 7.6.1
 * Finder 7.5.6
 * LaserWriter 8.4.1
 * Apple Guide
 * AppleScript
 * ColorSync 2.1
 * CD-ROM (features Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
 * QuickDraw 3D
 * QuickDraw GX
 * QuickTime 2.5
 * Sound Manager
 * Speech Manager
 * Apple Video Player
 * MacLinkPlus 8.1 
 * PC Exchange
 * Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3
 * Energy Saver