Power Macintosh 8500/120
- Released: August 7, 1995
- This model:
- Processor: 120 MHz PowerPC 604
The 8500 was the professional-targeted tower released as part of the second generation of Power Macintosh computers. The 7200 and 7500 introduced at the same time use a 601 PowerPC processor, but the 8500 uses the more powerful 604 processor. As a professional-grade machine released during the phase of experimental operating systems for Mac hardware, the 8500 can run Copland, BeOS, and developer releases of Rhapsody.