The Power Macintosh 6500 is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from February 1997 to March 1998 as part of the Power Macintosh family.

Models from 250 MHz upward also include video in/out capability, some of them with a hardware-accelerated Avid capture card.

The Power Macintosh 5500 uses the same logic board in a 5200 style all-in-one case.

According to Apple, the Power Macintosh 6500 was the first personal computer to reach 300 MHz.

[2] The 6500 was discontinued in March 1998, a few months after the Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower was introduced.