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Home Forums 68kMLA 7100 vs 6100 — #7
Post #7 by trag
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 4 Aug 2009 - 00:30
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/7100-vs-6100.17957/
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- More RAM slots, the 7100 has 8, meaning its cheaper and easier to upgrade than the 6100, with its 2.
The 7100 has four memory slots and paradoxically, actually has a lower RAM capacity. The 6100 can go to 264 MB with a pair of 128 MB SIMMs. The 7100 will only support 32 MB SIMMs for a maximum of 136 MB.

The King of NuBus PowerMac Hill, however, is the PM8100, which has all the advantages of the 7100, but in a tower case with an extra drive bay, and was offered in even faster versions, with speeds starting at 80 Mhz, and the faster versions having 100 or 110 Mhz CPUs. I've owned two 8100s, an 8100/80AV and an 8100/110AV, and absolutely loved them both, they were great machines. That said, if someone offered me a 6100, I'd snap it up in a heartbeat - I'd love to get back into the 601 PowerPC game.
The real kind of NuBus PowerMac Hill is the PM9150 with a 120 MHz PPC601, and four NuBus slots. However, it has issues if you want to use a G3 accelerator and an HPV video card.

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