Macintosh Performa
E931685
Macintosh Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Apple Macintosh personal computers sold in the 1990s, designed as more affordable, bundled versions of the company’s mainstream Mac models.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh Performa canonical | 28 |
| Macintosh Performa family | 1 |
| Macintosh Performa series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11351625 — 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 Performa Context triple: [Performa 5300CD, productLine, Macintosh Performa]
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A.
Macintosh Performa 6200
The Macintosh Performa 6200 is a mid-1990s consumer-oriented desktop computer from Apple’s Performa line, known for its PowerPC-based architecture and reputation for design compromises and performance issues.
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B.
Macintosh Performa 600
The Macintosh Performa 600 is an early-1990s Apple personal computer based on the Macintosh IIvx design, marketed as a mid-range home and small-office system in the Performa lineup.
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C.
Macintosh Performa 6300
The Macintosh Performa 6300 is a mid-1990s consumer-oriented desktop computer from Apple’s Performa line, known for its PowerPC processor and reputation for performance and reliability issues.
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D.
Macintosh Performa 6400
The Macintosh Performa 6400 is a mid-1990s PowerPC-based home desktop computer from Apple, known for its tower design, multimedia features, and consumer-oriented bundling.
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E.
Macintosh Performa 400
The Macintosh Performa 400 is an early-1990s consumer-oriented Macintosh computer based on the LC II design, marketed by Apple as an affordable, all-in-one home and education system.
- 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 Performa Target entity description: Macintosh Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Apple Macintosh personal computers sold in the 1990s, designed as more affordable, bundled versions of the company’s mainstream Mac models.
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A.
Macintosh Performa 6200
The Macintosh Performa 6200 is a mid-1990s consumer-oriented desktop computer from Apple’s Performa line, known for its PowerPC-based architecture and reputation for design compromises and performance issues.
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B.
Macintosh Performa 600
The Macintosh Performa 600 is an early-1990s Apple personal computer based on the Macintosh IIvx design, marketed as a mid-range home and small-office system in the Performa lineup.
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C.
Macintosh Performa 6300
The Macintosh Performa 6300 is a mid-1990s consumer-oriented desktop computer from Apple’s Performa line, known for its PowerPC processor and reputation for performance and reliability issues.
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D.
Macintosh Performa 6400
The Macintosh Performa 6400 is a mid-1990s PowerPC-based home desktop computer from Apple, known for its tower design, multimedia features, and consumer-oriented bundling.
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E.
Macintosh Performa 400
The Macintosh Performa 400 is an early-1990s consumer-oriented Macintosh computer based on the LC II design, marketed by Apple as an affordable, all-in-one home and education system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple Macintosh
ⓘ
personal computer line ⓘ |
| basedOn | mainstream Macintosh models ⓘ |
| brandingStrategy | retail-specific branding of existing Macintosh models ⓘ |
| bundleFeature |
often included educational software
ⓘ
often included productivity software ⓘ often included third-party software ⓘ |
| cpuArchitecture |
Motorola 68030
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68030 microprocessor
Motorola 68040 ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68040 microprocessor
PowerPC 601 ⓘ PowerPC 603 ⓘ |
| designedAs | affordable Macintosh line ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| discontinued | late 1990s ⓘ |
| era | 1990s ⓘ |
| formFactor |
all-in-one computer in some models
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ |
| hardwarePlatform | Macintosh platform ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
built-in display in all-in-one models
ⓘ
external monitor support in desktop models ⓘ |
| included |
keyboard
ⓘ
monitor in many configurations ⓘ mouse ⓘ pre-installed software bundles ⓘ |
| introduced | 1992 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| marketPosition |
low-end Macintosh
ⓘ
mid-range Macintosh ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Macintosh Performa 200
ⓘ
Macintosh Performa 400 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 600 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 6200 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 630 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 6400 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 6500 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS 8
ⓘ
System 7 ⓘ
linked to:
System 7 (early versions)
|
| productCategory | consumer-oriented personal computer ⓘ |
| productFamily |
Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| replacedBy |
Power Macintosh consumer models
ⓘ
iMac line ⓘ |
| soldAs | bundled systems ⓘ |
| soldThrough |
consumer electronics chains
ⓘ
department stores ⓘ mass-market retailers ⓘ |
| supports |
CD-ROM drives in later models
ⓘ
SCSI hard drives in many models ⓘ floppy disk drives ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
home users
ⓘ
small office users ⓘ |
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 Performa Description of subject: Macintosh Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Apple Macintosh personal computers sold in the 1990s, designed as more affordable, bundled versions of the company’s mainstream Mac models.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macintosh Performa
linked to: Macintosh Performa