Macintosh Portable
E62466
The Macintosh Portable is Apple’s first battery-powered Macintosh computer, a bulky early laptop introduced in 1989 that paved the way for the more compact PowerBook line.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh Portable canonical | 6 |
| Macintosh Portable (backlit) model | 1 |
| Macintosh Portable development program | 1 |
| Macintosh Portable family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T415825 — 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 Portable Context triple: [PowerBook, predecessor, Macintosh Portable]
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A.
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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B.
iBook
The iBook was Apple’s line of consumer-oriented, portable Macintosh laptops designed for education and everyday use in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
NeXTcube
The NeXTcube is a high-end workstation computer introduced in 1988 by NeXT, known for its distinctive black magnesium cube design and its influential NeXTSTEP operating system that later shaped macOS and iOS.
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D.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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E.
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.
- 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 Portable Target entity description: The Macintosh Portable is Apple’s first battery-powered Macintosh computer, a bulky early laptop introduced in 1989 that paved the way for the more compact PowerBook line.
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A.
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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B.
iBook
The iBook was Apple’s line of consumer-oriented, portable Macintosh laptops designed for education and everyday use in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
NeXTcube
The NeXTcube is a high-end workstation computer introduced in 1988 by NeXT, known for its distinctive black magnesium cube design and its influential NeXTSTEP operating system that later shaped macOS and iOS.
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D.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
ⓘ
laptop computer ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1989-09-20 ⓘ |
| architecture | Motorola 68000 family ⓘ |
| backlitDisplay | no ⓘ |
| backlitDisplayVariant |
Macintosh Portable (backlit) model
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Portable
|
| batteryPowered | yes ⓘ |
| batteryType | sealed lead-acid battery ⓘ |
| category | portable computer ⓘ |
| codename |
Laguna
ⓘ
Mobius ⓘ |
| colorDisplay | no ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 16 MHz ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| discontinued | 1991 ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 640×400 pixels ⓘ |
| displaySize | 9.8 inch ⓘ |
| displayType | passive-matrix LCD ⓘ |
| formFactor | luggable computer ⓘ |
| graphics | 1-bit monochrome graphics ⓘ |
| hasPort |
ADB port
ⓘ
SCSI port ⓘ audio out jack ⓘ serial port ⓘ |
| influenced | PowerBook 100 design ⓘ |
| introduced | 1989 ⓘ |
| keyboard | built-in keyboard ⓘ |
| legacy | paved the way for the PowerBook line ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| marketPosition | high-end portable Macintosh ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first battery-powered Macintosh
ⓘ
full-sized desktop-class components in portable form ⓘ |
| notableIssue | battery reliability problems ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
System 6
ⓘ
System 7 ⓘ
linked to:
System 7 (early versions)
|
| originalPrice | approximately US$6,500 ⓘ |
| pointingDevice | trackball ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macintosh SE ⓘ |
| ram | 1 MB ⓘ |
| ramExpandableTo | 9 MB ⓘ |
| ramType | SRAM ⓘ |
| storage |
3.5-inch floppy disk drive
ⓘ
40 MB SCSI hard drive ⓘ |
| successor |
PowerBook 100
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerBook
PowerBook series ⓘ
linked to:
PowerBook
|
| weight | approximately 16 pounds ⓘ |
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 Portable Description of subject: The Macintosh Portable is Apple’s first battery-powered Macintosh computer, a bulky early laptop introduced in 1989 that paved the way for the more compact PowerBook line.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macintosh Portable
linked to: Macintosh Portable
linked to: Macintosh Portable