Macintosh Performa 5400CD

The Macintosh Performa 5400CD was a lower mid-range personal computer that was released in April 1996 as a part of Apple Computer's Macintosh Performa family of Macintosh computers for the consumer market. It was succeeded by the Power Macintosh 5500 in 1997.
==Features==
Like other models based on the Performa 5400 (and Power Macintosh 5400), the 5400CD is an all-in-one desktop with a built-in 15" display. It contained 1 MB of VRAM that could support up to 8-bit color at a resolution of 832 x 624 pixels and 16-bit color at 640 x 480 pixels. Its logic board, code named "Alchemy", supported a PowerPC 603e processor (clocked at 120 MHz in the 5400CD). Two 168-pin slots allowed RAM to be upgraded from the base 8 MB soldered onto the motherboard, to a maximum of 136 MB. There were three different expansion slots: a PCI slot, a Comm Slot II for an internal modem or Ethernet card, and a video-in slot that could accept connection to an Apple TV Tuner Card. The 4x CD-ROM and external hard drives were connected through a SCSI bus. The 1.6 GB internal hard disk drive was connected through an IDE bus. The built-in floppy drive supported 1.44 MB high-density disks.Power Mac 5400-series by Pete Sealy et al., MacGurus. Accessed 2021-01-29.
The Performa 5400CD first came with Mac OS 7.5.3 pre-installed along with System Enabler 410 and a home software bundle. The last operating system that it supported was Mac OS 9.1. It also features an L2 cache slot that can be used as a processor direct slot to upgrade it to a PowerPC G3 processor.
==Included software==
=== April 1996 ===
*Mac OS 7.5.3
*Finder 7.5.5
*LaserWriter 8.3.3
*Apple Guide
*AppleScript 1.0.1
*QuickDraw GX
*QuickDraw 3D
*CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign FIle Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
*QuickTime 2.1
*Speech Manager
* ColorSync v2.0
*Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3
*PC Exchange
*At Ease v3.0
*American Heritage Dictionary
*America Online 2.7
*Adobe PageMill v1.0
*ClarisWorks v4.0
*Quicken Special Edition '96 from Intuit
*Eric's Solitaire Sampler
*Kid Pix Studio from Broderbund
*Descent
*The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
*The Family Doctor 3rd Edition
*Electronic Arts 3D Atlas v1.1	
=== October 1996 ===
*Mac OS 7.5.3
*Finder 7.5.5
*LaserWriter 8.3.4
*At Ease 3.0
*Apple Guide
*AppleScript 1.1
*ColorSync 2.0
*CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign FIle Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
*PowerTalk
*QuickDraw 3D
*QuickTime 2.1
*Speech Manager
*PC Exchange
*Adobe Type Manager 3.9
*Adobe PhotoDeluxe v1.0.1
*America Online 2.7
*Quicken Special Edition '96 from Intuit
*ClarisWorks v4.0
*Eric's Solitaire Sampler
*The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
*Mayo Family Health Clinic
*Electronic Arts 3D Atlas v1.1B
*Descent
*The Amazing Writing Machine from Broderbund
*Thinkin' Things Collection 2 from Edmark
==References==
==External links==
*Macintosh Performa 5400CD: Technical Specifications at Apple Support
*Macintosh Performa 5400CD specs at EveryMac
*Macintosh Performa 5400CD at IT History Society
*Macintosh Performa 5400CD at madeApple
Category:Macintosh all-in-ones
Category:1996 introductions