Apple Macintosh Centris 650
E213384
The Apple Macintosh Centris 650 is a mid-range early-1990s Macintosh desktop computer based on the Motorola 68040 processor, positioned between Apple’s low-end and high-end models of the time.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Macintosh Centris 650 canonical | 1 |
| Apple Macintosh Centris series | 1 |
| Centris 650 | 1 |
| Macintosh Centris | 1 |
| Macintosh Centris 650 | 1 |
| Macintosh Centris family | 1 |
| Macintosh Centris line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774564 — 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 Macintosh Centris 650 Context triple: [NuBus, wasUsedIn, Apple Macintosh Centris 650]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Macintosh II
The Macintosh II is a modular, color-capable personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987 that marked the company’s move toward more expandable, high-performance Macintosh systems.
- 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 Macintosh Centris 650 Target entity description: The Apple Macintosh Centris 650 is a mid-range early-1990s Macintosh desktop computer based on the Motorola 68040 processor, positioned between Apple’s low-end and high-end models of the time.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Macintosh II
The Macintosh II is a modular, color-capable personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987 that marked the company’s move toward more expandable, high-performance Macintosh systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apple Macintosh Centris 650
ⓘ
surface form:
Centris 650
|
| caseStyle | pizza box desktop ⓘ |
| codename | Codename: F-16 ⓘ |
| cpu |
Motorola 68040 microprocessor
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68040
|
| cpuArchitecture |
Motorola 68040 microprocessor
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68040
|
| cpuBitWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| cpuFamily |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 680x0
|
| defaultOperatingSystem |
System 7 (early versions)
ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| discontinuedDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| expansionBus | NuBus ⓘ |
| expansionSlots |
1 Processor Direct Slot
ⓘ
3 NuBus slots ⓘ |
| family |
Apple Macintosh Centris 650
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh Centris family
|
| floppyDriveType | 3.5-inch SuperDrive ⓘ |
| formFactor | desktop ⓘ |
| hasFPU | yes ⓘ |
| hasMMU | yes ⓘ |
| hasOnboardEthernet | optional ⓘ |
| includesFloppyDrive | yes ⓘ |
| introductionDate |
1993
ⓘ
February 1993 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| marketingStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| marketPosition | mid-range desktop ⓘ |
| platform |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
surface form:
classic Mac OS
|
| positionedBetween |
high-end Macintosh Quadra series
ⓘ
low-end Macintosh LC series ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Macintosh II
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh IIci
|
| productLine |
Apple Macintosh Centris 650
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh Centris
|
| ramType | 72-pin SIMM ⓘ |
| ramUpgradeable | yes ⓘ |
| storageInterface | SCSI ⓘ |
| successor |
Macintosh Quadra
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh Quadra 650
Power Macintosh 7100 ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
System 7 (early versions)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS 7.6
Mac OS 8 ⓘ System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| supportsADB | yes ⓘ |
| supportsSCSI | yes ⓘ |
| supportsSerialPorts | yes ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business users
ⓘ
professional users ⓘ |
| videoOutput | built-in video ⓘ |
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 Macintosh Centris 650 Description of subject: The Apple Macintosh Centris 650 is a mid-range early-1990s Macintosh desktop computer based on the Motorola 68040 processor, positioned between Apple’s low-end and high-end models of the time.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Centris line
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Centris
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Centris family
this entity surface form:
Centris 650
subject surface form:
Motorola 68040
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh Centris series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Centris 650