Macintosh Quadra

E45964

Apple Macintosh line computer line

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Apple Macintosh Quadra series	4
Macintosh Quadra 650	4
Macintosh Quadra 700	4
Macintosh Quadra 605	3
Macintosh Quadra 900	3
Macintosh Quadra 950	3
Macintosh Quadra series	3
Macintosh Quadra 800	2
Macintosh Quadra 840AV	2
Macintosh Quadra canonical	1
Macintosh Quadra 610	1
Macintosh Quadra models	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T299948 — 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 Quadra
Context triple: [Quadra series, branding, Macintosh Quadra]

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.
B. 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.
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.
D. Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
E. Power Macintosh series
The Power Macintosh series is a line of Apple desktop computers that introduced PowerPC processors to the Macintosh platform, offering significantly improved performance over earlier 68k-based models.
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 Quadra
Target entity description: 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.

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.
B. 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.
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.
D. Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
E. Power Macintosh series
The Power Macintosh series is a line of Apple desktop computers that introduced PowerPC processors to the Macintosh platform, offering significantly improved performance over earlier 68k-based models.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple Macintosh line ⓘ computer line ⓘ
architecture	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ surface form: Motorola 680x0
branding	replaced Macintosh II branding at high end ⓘ
busType	NuBus ⓘ
category	68k Macintosh ⓘ
coexistedWith	Apple Macintosh Centris 650 ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Centris line Macintosh LC ⓘ surface form: Macintosh LC line
cpuBitWidth	32-bit ⓘ
cpuFamily	Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68040
designedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discontinued	mid-1990s ⓘ
era	early 1990s personal computers ⓘ
expansion	support for multiple NuBus expansion cards (on higher-end models) ⓘ
formFactorOptions	all-in-one ⓘ desktop ⓘ tower ⓘ
graphics	built-in 2D graphics acceleration (on many models) ⓘ
introduced	1991 ⓘ
manufacturer	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
marketPosition	top-of-the-line 68k Macintosh series ⓘ
marketSegment	business ⓘ education (high-end labs) ⓘ
memoryType	SIMM ⓘ
networking	built-in Ethernet on many models ⓘ
notableFor	being among the fastest 68k Macs produced by Apple ⓘ transitioning Macintosh line to Motorola 68040 processors ⓘ
notableModel	Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 605 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 650 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 700 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 800 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 900 Macintosh Quadra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macintosh Quadra 950
operatingSystem	Mac OS 7.6 ⓘ Mac OS 8 ⓘ System 7 (early versions) ⓘ surface form: System 7
osFamily	Classic Mac OS ⓘ
platform	Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ surface form: Macintosh
predecessor	Macintosh II series ⓘ
productFamily	Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ surface form: Macintosh
productLineType	high-end personal computer line ⓘ
sound	integrated stereo sound (on many models) ⓘ
successor	Power Macintosh series ⓘ surface form: Power Macintosh line
targetAudience	power users ⓘ professional users ⓘ
useCase	desktop publishing ⓘ graphics and design ⓘ scientific and technical computing ⓘ