Power Macintosh 9600

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Power Macintosh desktop computer

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Power Macintosh 9600 canonical	4
Power Macintosh 9500/9600 logic board family	1
Power Macintosh 9600/200	1
Power Macintosh 9600/233	1
Power Macintosh 9600/300	1
Power Macintosh 9600/350	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2073197 — 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: Power Macintosh 9600
Context triple: [Power Macintosh series, notableModel, Power Macintosh 9600]

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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. Power Mac G5
The Power Mac G5 is a line of Apple desktop workstations introduced in 2003, notable for its aluminum tower design and use of 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors aimed at professional and high-performance computing.
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: Power Macintosh 9600
Target entity description: 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.

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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. Power Mac G5
The Power Mac G5 is a line of Apple desktop workstations introduced in 2003, notable for its aluminum tower design and use of 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors aimed at professional and high-performance computing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Power Macintosh ⓘ desktop computer ⓘ
architecture	PowerPC ⓘ
audioPorts	3.5 mm audio in ⓘ 3.5 mm audio out ⓘ RCA stereo in ⓘ RCA stereo out ⓘ
brand	Apple ⓘ linked to: Apple Inc.
caseDesign	highly expandable tower ⓘ
codeName	Tsunami ⓘ
cpuFamily	PowerPC 604 ⓘ PowerPC 604e ⓘ linked to: PowerPC 604 PowerPC 604ev ⓘ linked to: PowerPC 604
cpuSockets	2 ⓘ
discontinuedYear	1998 ⓘ
expansionSlots	6 PCI slots ⓘ
floppyDrive	3.5-inch floppy drive ⓘ
formFactor	tower ⓘ
graphicsInterface	PCI ⓘ linked to: Peripheral Component Interconnect
intendedUse	professional ⓘ workstation ⓘ
introducedWith	Power Macintosh 7300 ⓘ Power Macintosh 8600 ⓘ
manufacturer	Apple Computer, Inc. ⓘ linked to: Apple Inc.
maxRAM	1.5 GB ⓘ
motherboardCodeName	Tsunami ⓘ
notableFeature	dual-processor configurations available ⓘ large number of PCI slots ⓘ very high RAM capacity for its time ⓘ
operatingSystem	Mac OS 7.6 ⓘ Mac OS 8 ⓘ Mac OS 9 ⓘ
opticalDrive	CD-ROM drive ⓘ
pciSlots	6 ⓘ
ports	ADB ⓘ Ethernet ⓘ SCSI ⓘ serial ports ⓘ
predecessor	Power Macintosh 9500 ⓘ
productLine	Power Macintosh series ⓘ
ramSlots	12 ⓘ
ramType	168-pin DIMM ⓘ EDO DRAM ⓘ
releaseDate	February 1997 ⓘ
releaseYear	1997 ⓘ
storageInterface	Fast SCSI ⓘ
successor	Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower ⓘ linked to: Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White)
supportsDualProcessor	yes ⓘ
targetMarket	graphics professionals ⓘ high-end desktop users ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ video production ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Power Macintosh series → notableModel → Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ

Power Macintosh 9500 → successor → Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ

Power Macintosh → notableModel → Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ

Tsunami → codenameFor → Power Macintosh 9600 ⓘ

Tsunami → codenameFor → Power Macintosh 9500/9600 logic board family ⓘ