the 6200 series followed a month after the 5200, and I'd bet most users would rather a 4400 (7220 in Australia where they are very common) than a 5200/6200. Whatever possessed Apple to create a logic board with 4 different bus speeds on it...
I know it's not a PowerMac, or even a PowerPC, but the Powerbook 150 was the first Macintosh to use IDE, in 1994. I believe their motovation was to get the price down to around US$1300 (they also left out ADB, audio and a decent screen too) though they didn't start selling until Apple liquidated their remaining stock at US$999. Which certainly makes the new $999 base model iBook like a bargin.... Ben. > Well the first with the PowerMac name was probably the PowerMac 4400 (DO NOT > GET ONE OF THESE), although yes, the first PPC based Mac with IDE was the > Performa/LC 52xx. A quality machine... NOT. I remember the days. > >>> What was the first PowerMac with onboard IDE? -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
