Performa
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Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
Aliases (2)
- Performa 475 ×1
- Performa series ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh line
→
computer product line → |
| basedOn |
existing Macintosh LC models
→
existing Macintosh Quadra models → |
| bundledWith |
CD-ROM titles
→
pre-installed software suites → |
| cpuFamily |
Motorola 68000 family
→
surface form: "Motorola 68030"
Motorola 68000 family →
surface form: "Motorola 68040"
PowerPC →
surface form: "PowerPC 601"
PowerPC →
surface form: "PowerPC 603"
|
| designGoal | low-cost Macintosh for mass market → |
| discontinuationReason |
brand simplification of Macintosh product lines
→
shift to clearer product naming at Apple in late 1990s → |
| discontinuedInYear | 1997 → |
| distributionChannel |
consumer electronics retailers
→
department stores → mass-market retail chains → |
| formFactor |
all-in-one systems
→
desktop computers → |
| includedFeature |
built-in CD-ROM drive on many models
→
built-in display on many models → pre-configured hard drive and software → |
| introducedInDecade | 1990s → |
| introducedInYear | 1992 → |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
→
surface form: "Apple"
Apple Inc. →
surface form: "Apple Computer, Inc."
|
| marketedAs | affordable Macintosh line → |
| marketingStrategy |
heavy use of bundled software for differentiation
→
model variants customized for specific retailers → |
| namingScheme |
model numbers in the 52xx series
→
model numbers in the 54xx series → model numbers in the 62xx series → model numbers in the 63xx series → model numbers in the 64xx series → |
| notableModel |
Performa
→
surface form: "Performa 475"
Performa 5200CD → Performa 5200CD →
surface form: "Performa 6200CD"
Apple Macintosh Performa series →
surface form: "Performa 6400"
|
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS 7
→
Mac OS 8 → Classic Mac OS →
surface form: "System 7"
|
| productType | consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computer → |
| replacedBy |
Power Macintosh series
→
surface form: "Power Macintosh G3 consumer configurations"
iMac line → |
| targetMarket |
education market
→
home users → small offices → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Performa 475"