Macintosh Quadra

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Apple Macintosh line computer line

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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apple Macintosh Quadra series	3
Macintosh Quadra 700	3
Macintosh Quadra 605	2
Macintosh Quadra 650	2
Macintosh Quadra 800	2
Macintosh Quadra 840AV	2
Macintosh Quadra 900	2
Macintosh Quadra 950	2
Macintosh Quadra series	2
Macintosh Quadra models	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple Macintosh line ⓘ computer line ⓘ
architecture	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ surface form: Motorola 680x0
branding	replaced Macintosh II branding at high end ⓘ
busType	NuBus ⓘ
category	68k Macintosh ⓘ
coexistedWith	Apple Macintosh Centris 650 ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Centris line Macintosh LC ⓘ surface form: Macintosh LC line
cpuBitWidth	32-bit ⓘ
cpuFamily	Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68040
designedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discontinued	mid-1990s ⓘ
era	early 1990s personal computers ⓘ
expansion	support for multiple NuBus expansion cards (on higher-end models) ⓘ
formFactorOptions	all-in-one ⓘ desktop ⓘ tower ⓘ
graphics	built-in 2D graphics acceleration (on many models) ⓘ
introduced	1991 ⓘ
manufacturer	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
marketPosition	top-of-the-line 68k Macintosh series ⓘ
marketSegment	business ⓘ education (high-end labs) ⓘ
memoryType	SIMM ⓘ
networking	built-in Ethernet on many models ⓘ
notableFor	being among the fastest 68k Macs produced by Apple ⓘ transitioning Macintosh line to Motorola 68040 processors ⓘ
notableModel	Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 605 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 650 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 700 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 800 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 900 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 950
operatingSystem	Mac OS 7.6 ⓘ Mac OS 8 ⓘ System 7 (early versions) ⓘ surface form: System 7
osFamily	Classic Mac OS ⓘ
platform	Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ surface form: Macintosh
predecessor	Macintosh II series ⓘ
productFamily	Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ surface form: Macintosh
productLineType	high-end personal computer line ⓘ
sound	integrated stereo sound (on many models) ⓘ
successor	Power Macintosh series ⓘ surface form: Power Macintosh line
targetAudience	power users ⓘ professional users ⓘ
useCase	desktop publishing ⓘ graphics and design ⓘ scientific and technical computing ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Macintosh Performa series → basedOn → Macintosh Quadra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macintosh Quadra models

Quadra series → branding → Macintosh Quadra ⓘ