Apple Power Macintosh 8500
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The Apple Power Macintosh 8500 is a mid-1990s high-end Macintosh desktop computer known for its advanced video and audio capabilities and use of PowerPC processor technology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Power Macintosh 8500 canonical | 1 |
| Power Macintosh 8500 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10690370 — 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: Apple Power Macintosh 8500 Context triple: [PowerPC 604, usedIn, Apple Power Macintosh 8500]
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A.
Power Macintosh 9500
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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B.
Power Macintosh 8100
The Power Macintosh 8100 is a mid-1990s Apple desktop computer that served as one of the company’s early high-end PowerPC-based systems for professional and creative users.
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C.
Power Macintosh 9600
The Power Macintosh 9600 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer known for its expandable tower design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors, making it popular for professional and workstation use.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Apple Power Macintosh 8500 Target entity description: The Apple Power Macintosh 8500 is a mid-1990s high-end Macintosh desktop computer known for its advanced video and audio capabilities and use of PowerPC processor technology.
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A.
Power Macintosh 9500
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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B.
Power Macintosh 8100
The Power Macintosh 8100 is a mid-1990s Apple desktop computer that served as one of the company’s early high-end PowerPC-based systems for professional and creative users.
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C.
Power Macintosh 9600
The Power Macintosh 9600 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer known for its expandable tower design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors, making it popular for professional and workstation use.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Power Macintosh
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Power Mac 8500
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Power Macintosh 8500 NERFINISHED ⓘ Power Macintosh 8515 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecture | PowerPC 32-bit ⓘ |
| audioFeatures |
16-bit stereo audio in
ⓘ
16-bit stereo audio out ⓘ 3.5 mm audio jacks ⓘ RCA audio connectors ⓘ |
| busSpeed |
40 MHz
ⓘ
50 MHz ⓘ |
| caseDesign | same minitower case as Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ |
| clockSpeed |
120 MHz
ⓘ
132 MHz ⓘ 150 MHz ⓘ 180 MHz ⓘ 200 MHz ⓘ |
| cpu |
PowerPC 604
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PowerPC 604e NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cpuFamily | PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinuationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| expansionSlots | 3 PCI slots ⓘ |
| floppyDrive | 1.44 MB 3.5-inch floppy drive ⓘ |
| formFactor | minitower ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Apple Computer, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumRAM | 512 MB ⓘ |
| networking | 10BASE-T Ethernet via AAUI transceiver ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced audio input and output
ⓘ
advanced video capture capabilities ⓘ use of PowerPC 604 processor ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | System 7.5.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opticalDrive | 4x CD-ROM drive ⓘ |
| ports |
AAUI Ethernet port
ⓘ
ADB port ⓘ SCSI port ⓘ serial ports ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apple Power Macintosh 8100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productLine | Power Macintosh 8000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ramSlots | 8 ⓘ |
| ramType |
168-pin 5V EDO DIMM
ⓘ
168-pin 5V FPM DIMM ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-08 ⓘ |
| releasePrice | US$4000 range (configuration-dependent) ⓘ |
| standardHardDiskCapacity |
1 GB
ⓘ
2 GB ⓘ |
| standardRAM | 16 MB ⓘ |
| storageInterface | SCSI ⓘ |
| successor | Apple Power Macintosh 8600 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
Mac OS 8
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mac OS 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ System 7.5.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetMarket | high-end professional users ⓘ |
| videoFeatures |
S-Video input
ⓘ
S-Video output ⓘ composite video input ⓘ composite video output ⓘ hardware video digitizing ⓘ |
| videoOutput | built-in video with VRAM ⓘ |
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: Apple Power Macintosh 8500 Description of subject: The Apple Power Macintosh 8500 is a mid-1990s high-end Macintosh desktop computer known for its advanced video and audio capabilities and use of PowerPC processor technology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Power Macintosh 8500