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Power Computing
In the mid-1990s, while Apple Computer Corp. was pretty much wandering in the wilderness, Power Computing Corp. picked up the sword and began manufacturing the best Macintosh-based computers of their day (and some of the best ever). They remain viable, much-enjoyed machines to this day.

Interestingly, even the CDs on which Power Computing distributed the Mac OS it licensed from Apple were distinctive. While hardly fine art, the family of CDs nonetheless remains a small reminder of the enthusiasm with which Power Computing carried on the Macintosh tradition at a time when Apple had forgotten its roots. (Who else produced virtually holographic CD labels?)

Also included here are some of the marketing CDs that Power Computing distributed at venues such as MacWorld Expos.

Last revised February 27, 2009
Click on any of the CD images below for a closeup view
Marketing CDs
Marketing weasels
The "Marketing Weasel" CD
The Disk 2
The Disk 2 CD (Macworld 1996 San Francisco)
As Seen on TV
As Seen on TV CD (Macworld 1997 San Francisco)
OS CDs
57247 floppy
System: 7.5
Part: # 57247
Release: 1.1
CPU: Power 100

System: 7.5.1
Part: # 57247
Release: 1.0.1
CPU:
Unknown
System: 7.5/7.5.1/7.5.2
Part: # U95073-052B
Release: Update 2.0
CPU:
72763
System: 7.5.2
Part: # 72763
Release: 2.0.1
CPU:

System: 7.5.3
Part: # 72795
Release: 2.1
CPU:
72803
System: 7.5.3
Part: # 72803
Release: 1.0
CPU:
6010-1009-00
System: 7.5.3 Rev. 2
Part: # 6010-1009-00
Release: 2.3
CPU:

System: 7.5.3
Part: # 6010-1013-00
Release: 2.3 PB
CPU: PowerBase
6010-1030-00
System: 7.5.5
Part: # 6010-1030-00
Release: 2.4
CPU: PowerTower Pro
6010-1031-00
System: 7.5.5
Part: # 6010-1031-00
Release: 2.4
CPU: PowerCenter
6010-1032-01
System: 7.5.5
Part: # 6010-1032-01
Release: 2.4.1
CPU: PowerBase

System: 7.6
Part: # 1620-0002-00
Release: 3.0
CPU: "Universal"
1620-0003-00
System: 7.6
Part: # 1620-0003-00
Release: 3.0
CPU: PowerTower Pro
Unknown
System: 7.6.1
Part: # 1620-0003-01
Release: 3.1
CPU: PowerTower Pro
1620-0004-00
System: 7.6
Part: # 1620-0004-00
Release: 3.0
CPU: PowerCenter
1620-0004-01
System: 7.6.1
Part: # 1620-0004-01
Release: 3.1
CPU: PowerCenter Pro
1620-0005-01
System: 7.6.1
Part: # 1620-0005-01
Release: 3.1
CPU: PowerBase
Unknown
System: 7.6
Part: # 1620-0006-00
Release: 3.0
CPU: PowerCenterPro

System: 8.0
Part: # 1620-0014-00
Release: 4.0
CPU: PowerBase/
PowerCenter Pro
1620-0016-00
System: 8.0
Part: # 1620-0016-00
Release: 4.0
CPU: PowerTower Pro

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