The Apple Power Macintosh 5500/225, based on the Gazelle architecture, features a 225 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 32 MB of RAM, a 2.0 GB hard drive, and 2D/3D graphics acceleration in an attractive all-in-one case with a 15" color monitor. Originally, this model was sold only to the North American education market, but Apple finally realized that many people not in education also would like an all-in-one model and released it to the consumer market as well.
The 5500 was the second PCI-bus Power Mac with an integrated monitor; it replaced the slower 5400. It shipped in 225 and 250 MHz versions and was available in black in the UK (the education version was known as the Power Macintosh ONE in the UK). A black 250 MHz "Director's Edition" was available in Australia.
The 5500/225 was introduced 17/02/1997
CPU: 225MHz PPC 603e
bus: 50 MHz
RAM: 32 MB, expandable to 128 MB using two 64 MB 60ns EDO DIMMs. Supports 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 MB DIMMs.
video: ATI 3D Rage II chip set
VRAM: 2 MB SGRAM
resolution: 15" screen, millions of colors at up to 832 x 624, thousands at up to 1024 x 768
L2 cache: 256 KB (apparently not present in some 5500s sold in Australia)
hard drive: 2 GB IDE
CD-ROM: 12x or 24x max.
microphone: standard 3.5mm minijack, compatible with line-level input including Apple's PlainTalk microphone
ADB: 1 port for keyboard and mouse
serial: 2 DIN-8 GeoPorts on back of computer
SCSI: DB-25 connector on back of computer
bay for Apple TV/FM Radio System
video slot
PCI-based comm slot
one PCI slot
