Macintosh Classic
E87283
The Macintosh Classic is an early-1990s all-in-one personal computer from Apple that offered a low-cost, compact entry point into the Macintosh line.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh Classic II | 4 |
| Macintosh Classic canonical | 2 |
| Macintosh Classic line | 1 |
| Macintosh Classic personal computer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658101 — 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: Macintosh Classic Context triple: [Macintosh SE, successor, Macintosh Classic]
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A.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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B.
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.
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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.
Macintosh LC
The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
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E.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
- 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: Macintosh Classic Target entity description: The Macintosh Classic is an early-1990s all-in-one personal computer from Apple that offered a low-cost, compact entry point into the Macintosh line.
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A.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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B.
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.
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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.
Macintosh LC
The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
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E.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
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all-in-one computer ⓘ desktop computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 24-bit ⓘ |
| brand |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
|
| caseColor | platinum ⓘ |
| codename | XO ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Macintosh software for Motorola 68000 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 8 MHz ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| depth | approximately 10.9 inches ⓘ |
| discontinuedDate | 1992-09-14 ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 512×342 pixels ⓘ |
| displaySize | 9-inch ⓘ |
| displayType | monochrome CRT ⓘ |
| formFactor | all-in-one compact Macintosh ⓘ |
| graphicsMemory | built-in ⓘ |
| hasExpansionSlot | none ⓘ |
| hasPort |
ADB port
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SCSI port ⓘ floppy disk drive port ⓘ serial port ⓘ |
| height | approximately 13.2 inches ⓘ |
| includes |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| introducedAsLowCostModel | true ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| marketPosition | entry-level Macintosh model ⓘ |
| maxRam | 4 MB ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being first sub-US$1000 Macintosh at introduction
ⓘ
retaining compact Macintosh design ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
System 6
ⓘ
System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| powerSupply | internal ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macintosh Plus ⓘ |
| ram | 1 MB ⓘ |
| ramType | SIMM ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-10-15 ⓘ |
| romSize | 512 KB ⓘ |
| series |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh
|
| sound | mono speaker ⓘ |
| storage |
1.44 MB 3.5-inch floppy disk drive
ⓘ
40 MB SCSI hard disk drive ⓘ 80 MB SCSI hard disk drive ⓘ |
| successor |
Macintosh Classic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh Classic II
|
| targetMarket |
education market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 16 pounds ⓘ |
| width | approximately 9.8 inches ⓘ |
| wordLength | 16-bit ⓘ |
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: Macintosh Classic Description of subject: The Macintosh Classic is an early-1990s all-in-one personal computer from Apple that offered a low-cost, compact entry point into the Macintosh line.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Classic II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Classic II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Classic II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Classic II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Classic personal computer