HAVING only just released one of the fastest personal computers on the market and then following it up with some of the cheapest-to-buy and easiest-to-use family computers, Apple Computer has now brought out yet another group of computers aimed at the middle-to-high-end.
The three new machines are all based on the PowerPC microprocessor, as are nearly all of Apple's new Macintoshes.
Two of them are based on the PowerPC 601 running at 90 and 100 megahertz and the other is based on the more recent and faster PowerPC 604 and runs at 120 megahertz.
All three computers use the new peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus instead of the older and slower NuBus.
Apple recently made the switch to PCI because it is an industry standard and will mean faster throughput to other devices.
There is also more available to run on PCI than on NuBus. The Power Macintosh 7200/90 is a low-priced PowerPC that comes with 16 megabytes of RAM which can be expanded to 256 MB.