Performa
E8196
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Performa canonical | 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
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Performa series
this entity surface form:
Performa 475