<s>
The	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8600	I-Device
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
February	O
1997	O
to	O
February	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
alongside	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7300	I-Device
and	O
9600	B-Device
with	O
a	O
PowerPC	O
604e	O
processor	O
,	O
and	O
comes	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
case	O
design	O
that	O
replaces	O
the	O
widely-disliked	O
Quadra	O
800-based	O
form	O
factor	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
8500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
7300	O
and	O
9600	B-Device
,	O
the	O
8600	O
featured	O
the	O
new	O
PowerPC	O
604e	O
and	O
604ev	O
CPU	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PowerPC	O
604	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
predecessor	O
models	O
8500	O
and	O
9500	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
new	O
case	O
as	O
the	O
9600	B-Device
,	O
but	O
was	O
somewhat	O
less	O
expandable	O
(	O
8	O
instead	O
of	O
12	O
RAM	O
sockets	O
,	O
3	O
instead	O
of	O
6	O
PCI	O
slots	O
)	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
price	O
,	O
a	O
distinction	O
that	O
was	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
model	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
two	O
faster	O
ones	O
,	O
at	O
250	O
and	O
300MHz	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
8600	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
its	O
replacement	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
G3	I-Device
Mini	O
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
Macintosh	O
8600/200	O
:	O
Includes	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.5.5	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
