The Outrigger is a style of Apple Macintosh desktop computer

Desktop computer

A desktop computer is a personal computer in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer. Early desktop computers are designed to lay flat on the desk, while modern towers stand upright...

case designed for easy access. Outrigger cases were used on the Power Macintosh 7200

Power Macintosh 7200

The Power Macintosh 7200 is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. It was introduced in August 1995 as a successor to the Power Macintosh 7100, and was discontinued in favor of the Power Macintosh 7300 in February 1997...

, 7300

Power Macintosh 7300

The Power Macintosh 7300 is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers...

, 7500

Power Macintosh 7500

The Power Macintosh 7500 was one of the first PCI capable Macs manufactured by Apple Computer. It was released alongside the Power Macintosh 7200, and the Power Macintosh 8500 in October 1995. The 7500 had a PowerPC 601 processor rated at 100 MHz that was replaceable via a daughtercard...

, 7600

Power Macintosh 7600

The Power Macintosh 7600 was a PowerPC 604 based desktop computer sold by Apple in three speeds between April 1996 and November 1997. The 7600 was essentially a Power Macintosh 7500 with a different CPU card, the change in model number occurring because of the move from the 7500's PPC601 to the...

 and Power Macintosh G3 Desktop computers from August 1995 to December 1998.

The logic board

Logic board

A logic board is the Apple equivalent of a motherboard. The term logic board was coined back in the 1980s, when the compact Macs at the time had two separate circuit components. The term "logic board" stuck over the years of Macintosh manufacturing, even in the non-all-in-one Macs...

 is mounted at the bottom of the case, with drive bay

Drive bay

A drive bay is a standard-sized area for adding hardware to a computer. Most drive bays are fixed to the inside of a case, but some can be removed....

s and a power supply

Power supply

A power supply is a device that supplies electrical energy to one or more electric loads. The term is most commonly applied to devices that convert one form of electrical energy to another, though it may also refer to devices that convert another form of energy to electrical energy...

 in a separate fold-out section that swings aside as one piece and props open. This allows unfettered access to logic board connections such as the memory

Ram

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, Central processing unit

Central processing unit

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, VRAM

VRAM

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 and drive/power connections. The PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...

 slots were located on the left edge of the case and covered only by a plastic shield, making them accessible without lifting the drive bay assembly.

Apple's next Power Macintosh case design as used in the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)

Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)

The Power Macintosh G3 series was a series of personal computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer Inc. as part of their Power Macintosh line...

would also provide easy user access.