Power Macintosh 9500
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The Power Macintosh 9500 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer notable for its modular design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors aimed at professional and power users.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Power Macintosh 9500 canonical | 3 |
| Power Macintosh 9500/180MP | 2 |
| Power Macintosh 9500/200MP | 2 |
| Apple Power Macintosh 9500 | 1 |
| Power Mac 9500 | 1 |
| Power Macintosh 9500/120 | 1 |
| Power Macintosh 9500/132 | 1 |
| Power Macintosh 9500/150 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2073196 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Power Macintosh 9500 Context triple: [Power Macintosh series, notableModel, Power Macintosh 9500]
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A.
Power Macintosh 7100
The Power Macintosh 7100 is a mid-1990s Apple desktop computer based on the PowerPC architecture, known for bridging the transition from 68k to PowerPC Macs for professional and power users.
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B.
Power Macintosh 6100
The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple’s first-generation PowerPC-based desktop computer, notable for introducing the Power Macintosh line in a compact “pizza box” form factor in the mid-1990s.
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C.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
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D.
Power Mac G5
The Power Mac G5 is a line of Apple desktop workstations introduced in 2003, notable for its aluminum tower design and use of 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors aimed at professional and high-performance computing.
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E.
Macintosh XL
The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Power Macintosh 9500 Target entity description: The Power Macintosh 9500 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer notable for its modular design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors aimed at professional and power users.
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A.
Power Macintosh 7100
The Power Macintosh 7100 is a mid-1990s Apple desktop computer based on the PowerPC architecture, known for bridging the transition from 68k to PowerPC Macs for professional and power users.
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B.
Power Macintosh 6100
The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple’s first-generation PowerPC-based desktop computer, notable for introducing the Power Macintosh line in a compact “pizza box” form factor in the mid-1990s.
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C.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
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D.
Power Mac G5
The Power Mac G5 is a line of Apple desktop workstations introduced in 2003, notable for its aluminum tower design and use of 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors aimed at professional and high-performance computing.
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E.
Macintosh XL
The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Power Macintosh
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Power Macintosh 9500
ⓘ
surface form:
Power Mac 9500
Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/120
Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/132
Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/150
Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP
Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/200MP
|
| architecture |
Power Macintosh
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC-based Macintosh
|
| audio | 16-bit stereo audio in and out ⓘ |
| busType |
Peripheral Component Interconnect
ⓘ
surface form:
PCI
|
| caseDesign | similar to Workgroup Server 9550 ⓘ |
| cpu |
PowerPC 604
ⓘ
PowerPC 604 ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 604e
|
| cpuFamily | PowerPC ⓘ |
| cpuSpeed |
120 MHz
ⓘ
132 MHz ⓘ 150 MHz ⓘ 180 MHz ⓘ 200 MHz ⓘ |
| designFeature |
easily replaceable CPU daughtercard
ⓘ
modular design ⓘ tower case ⓘ |
| discontinuedDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| dualProcessorModels |
Power Macintosh 9500
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP
Power Macintosh 9500 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/200MP
|
| expansionSlots | 6 PCI slots ⓘ |
| floppyDrive | 1.44 MB 3.5-inch floppy drive ⓘ |
| formFactor | minitower ⓘ |
| graphics | PCI graphics card required ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
graphics and publishing
ⓘ
high-end desktop computing ⓘ scientific and technical applications ⓘ server applications ⓘ |
| intendedUser |
power users
ⓘ
professional users ⓘ |
| introductionDate |
1995
ⓘ
June 1995 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| maxRAM | 1.5 GB ⓘ |
| memoryType | 168-pin 5V FPM DIMM ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high expandability
ⓘ
large RAM capacity for its time ⓘ modular CPU daughtercard ⓘ multiple PCI slots ⓘ |
| onboardVideo | none ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | System 7.5.2 ⓘ |
| opticalDrive | 4x CD-ROM drive ⓘ |
| ports |
AAUI Ethernet port
ⓘ
ADB port ⓘ SCSI port ⓘ audio in ⓘ audio out ⓘ two serial ports ⓘ |
| predecessor | Power Macintosh 8100 ⓘ |
| productLine | Power Macintosh series ⓘ |
| ramSlots | 12 DIMM slots ⓘ |
| relatedModel | Apple Workgroup Server 9550 ⓘ |
| standardHardDiskCapacity |
1 GB
ⓘ
2 GB ⓘ |
| standardRAM |
16 MB
ⓘ
32 MB ⓘ |
| storageInterface |
SCSI
ⓘ
surface form:
Fast SCSI-2
|
| successor | Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
Mac OS 8
ⓘ
Mac OS 9 ⓘ System 7.5.2 ⓘ early versions of Mac OS X via third-party solutions ⓘ |
| supports | dual-processor configurations ⓘ |
| targetMarket | high-end professional desktop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Power Macintosh 9500 Description of subject: The Power Macintosh 9500 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer notable for its modular design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors aimed at professional and power users.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Power Macintosh 9500
this entity surface form:
Power Mac 9500
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/120
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/132
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/150
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/200MP
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 9500/200MP