original Macintosh 128K
E13491
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh 128K | 7 |
| original Macintosh | 7 |
| original Macintosh 128K canonical | 7 |
| Apple Macintosh 128K | 2 |
| original Macintosh computer | 2 |
| 128K Macintosh | 1 |
| Apple Macintosh (early design) | 1 |
| Mac 128K | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72841 — 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: original Macintosh 128K Context triple: [Apple Macintosh computers, hasPart, original Macintosh 128K]
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A.
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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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 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.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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E.
Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
- 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: original Macintosh 128K Target entity description: The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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A.
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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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 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.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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E.
Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple Macintosh computer
ⓘ
all-in-one computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| advertisingCampaign | 1984 Macintosh commercial ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mac 128K
ⓘ
linked to:
original Macintosh 128K
original Macintosh ⓘ
linked to:
original Macintosh 128K
|
| announcementDate | 1984-01-24 ⓘ |
| architecture | Motorola 68000-based ⓘ |
| brand |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| busWidth | 16-bit data bus ⓘ |
| caseColor | beige ⓘ |
| category |
home computer
ⓘ
vintage computer ⓘ |
| commercialReleaseDate | 1984-01-24 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 8 MHz ⓘ |
| designedBy | Apple Macintosh team ⓘ |
| discontinuedDate | 1984-10-01 ⓘ |
| displayColor | monochrome ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 512×342 pixels ⓘ |
| displaySize | 9 inch ⓘ |
| displayType | built-in CRT ⓘ |
| expandableRam | no ⓘ |
| floppyDriveCapacity | 400 KB ⓘ |
| floppyDriveSize | 3.5 inch ⓘ |
| formFactor | compact all-in-one ⓘ |
| hasFloppyDrive | yes ⓘ |
| hasInternalHardDrive | no ⓘ |
| hasKeyboard | yes ⓘ |
| hasMouse | yes ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| launchEvent | Apple shareholders meeting ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| marketedAs | mass-market personal computer ⓘ |
| maxRam | 128 KB ⓘ |
| notableFor |
compact all-in-one design
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ integrated monitor and computer ⓘ mouse-driven interface ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Macintosh System Software
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic Mac OS
System 1 ⓘ |
| powerSupply | internal ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apple Lisa ⓘ |
| ram | 128 KB ⓘ |
| ramType | DRAM ⓘ |
| series |
Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| sound | mono speaker ⓘ |
| storage | 400 KB 3.5-inch floppy disk drive ⓘ |
| successor | Macintosh 512K ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: original Macintosh 128K Description of subject: The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Fat Mac
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