June 19, 1995: Apple releases its highest performing and fastest second generation Power Macintosh 9500, equipped with a PowerPC chip. The computer has six PCI slots for connecting peripherals. In addition, it comes with an optional daughter card that, with seven internal storage bays, provides incredible expandability for the Power Mac that has never been seen before.
This Mac was visually similar to previous Apple mini-towers such as the Power Mac 8100 (1994) and the Macintosh Quadra 800 (1993). The biggest difference from the previous model was a slight, literally a couple of inches, increased height.
Power Macintosh 9500: a significant step forward
Considering that 1995 was a crisis year for Apple, when rival Microsoft managed to take the lead after the release of Windows 95, with the release of the Power Mac 9500, the company managed to somewhat strengthen its position and prove that it is still capable of doing serious development of new devices.
Inside the Power Mac 9500 were big changes, including a 120 MHz and 130 MHz PowerPC processor that made it 50% faster than the Power Mac 8100.
From day one, users could upgrade to 150 MHz, and soon could upgrade to single-socket cards up to 200 MHz or use a dual-socket card at 180 MHz. With the Mac OS X Leopard update, Power Mac 9500 owners could still use their device in 2007.
Of course, all that power and expandability came at a hefty price tag of $5,299 for the base model. Moreover, the monitor was not included in the delivery set!
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