Power Macintosh series

E44861
Apple Macintosh line line of personal computers

The Power Macintosh series is a line of Apple desktop computers that introduced PowerPC processors to the Macintosh platform, offering significantly improved performance over earlier 68k-based models.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Power Macintosh series canonical 4
PowerPC Macintosh computers 3
Power Mac G4 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple Macintosh line ⓘ
line of personal computers ⓘ
architecture PowerPC ⓘ
branding Power Macintosh series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Power Macintosh
brandingChange later models branded as Power Mac G3 and Power Mac G4 ⓘ
category Power Macintosh series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC-based Macintosh computers
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cpuFamily PowerPC 601 ⓘ
PowerPC 603 ⓘ
PowerPC 604 ⓘ
PowerPC G3 ⓘ
PowerPC G4 ⓘ
cpuVendor IBM ⓘ
Motorola ⓘ
formFactor desktop case ⓘ
minitower ⓘ
tower ⓘ
graphics dedicated graphics cards on many models ⓘ
interface ADB ⓘ
IEEE 1394 ⓘ
surface form: FireWire (later G3/G4 models)

IDE / ATA (later models) ⓘ
SCSI ⓘ
surface form: SCSI (early models)

USB (later G3/G4 models) ⓘ
serial ports ⓘ
introduced 1994 ⓘ
manufacturer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
marketedAs high-performance Macintosh line ⓘ
memoryType DIMM ⓘ
SIMM ⓘ
notableFeature first Macintosh line to use PowerPC processors ⓘ
significantly higher performance than 68k-based Macintosh models ⓘ
notableModel Power Macintosh 6100 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 7100 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 7100 ⓘ
surface form: Power Macintosh 8100

Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) ⓘ
Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics) ⓘ
operatingSystem Mac OS 8 ⓘ
Mac OS 9 ⓘ
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X (early versions on later models)

System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form: System 7
platform Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh
predecessor Macintosh II series ⓘ
Macintosh Quadra ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh Quadra series
productType desktop computer ⓘ
replaced 68k-based Macintosh desktops ⓘ
successor Mac Pro ⓘ
Power Mac G5 ⓘ
supports NuBus expansion slots on earliest models via transition ⓘ
PCI expansion slots on many models ⓘ
targetAudience business users ⓘ
creative professionals ⓘ
professional users ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LC series → successor → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh LC series
Quadra series → successor → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
PowerPC → usedIn → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Mac G3
PowerPC → usedIn → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Mac G4
Performa → replacedBy → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh G3 consumer configurations
Macintosh II series → successor → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh line
Classic Environment in Mac OS X → supportedPlatform → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
subject surface form: Classic Environment
this entity surface form: PowerPC Macintosh
Mac OS 9 → targetHardware → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh
Mac OS 9 → targetHardware → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Mac G4
Macintosh Quadra → successor → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh line
Power Macintosh series → branding → Power Macintosh series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: subject
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh
Power Macintosh series → category → Power Macintosh series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC-based Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh Performa series → basedOn → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh models
Apple Macintosh Performa series → replacedBy → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Power Macintosh consumer models
Font Manager → platform → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC Macintosh computers
Mac OS Platinum → usedOn → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC Macintosh computers
Power Macintosh 9500 → productLine → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
Power Macintosh 9600 → productLine → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
Apple Partition Map → designedFor → Power Macintosh series ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC Macintosh computers