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 A Power Macintosh 5500/275 | |
| Also known as | "Phoenix" |
|---|---|
| Developer | Apple Computer |
| Product family | Power Macintosh |
| Type | All-in-one |
| Release date | February 17, 1997 |
| Discontinued | March 31, 1998 |
| Operating system | System 7.5.5 - Mac OS 9.1 With PowerPC G3 upgrade, Mac OS 9.2.2 |
| CPU | PowerPC 603ev @ 225, 250 and 275 MHz |
| Predecessor | Power Macintosh 5260 Power Macintosh 5400 |
| Successor | Power Macintosh G3 Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, iMac G3 |
The Power Macintosh 5500 is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from February 1997 to March 1998. Like the Power Macintosh 5260 and 5400 that preceded it, the 5500 is an all-in-one design, built around a PowerPC 603ev processor operating at 225, 250 or 275 megahertz (MHz).
Apple originally produced the Power Macintosh 5500 for the educational market as a replacement for the previous year's Power Macintosh 5400. It is the last All-In-One from Apple to be housed in the Power Macintosh 5200 LC's form-factor; its replacement, the Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One, introduced a significantly different design.