The Power Macintosh 8000 series are personal computers that are a part of Apple Computer’s Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. The first model was introduced in March 1994 alongside the Power Macintosh 6100 and the Power Macintosh 7100 as the high end model of the original Power Macintosh series and a direct continuation of the prior Macintosh Quadra 800. It also shares the 800's notoriously cramped case.