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Is The Apple Museum a commerical site? |
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No. We do not earn any money with The Apple
Museum and we have not intention to do so. All expenses are covered by myself [Lukas Foljanty].
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I'd
like to copy some information from The Apple
Museum. May I do so? |
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If it is for non-commercial
matters like science, education or personal interest
you may copy information from The Apple
Museum. Please note The Apple Museum as reference in your work.
If you want to publish any of
the information taken from The Apple Museum, you have to contact us ()
and ask for permission. Furthermore, you have to note The Apple Museum as reference and
place a link to The Apple Museum (http://www.theapplemuseum.com) in your
publication. |
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I need information on Apple's marketing strategies/financial situation/international markets. Where can I find it? |
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As The Apple Museum is not affiliated with Apple, we don't have this sort of data either. And currently, we don't intend to
include it into the museum. You could try searching via Google or contact Apple here. |
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Can you provide me with a high-resolution photo of the [Apple product]? |
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We know how difficult it is to get high-res images, as Apple is not very
cooperative for older products. But unfortunately, we don't have such pictures either. Sorry. |
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I
am experiencing problems with my Mac! Can you help me? |
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Sorry,
but we cannot answer this sort of question. It
would exceed our technical possibilities and time.
However, a good place to get some answers is www.techsurvivors.net! |
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I have an old Apple computer. I'd like to know how much it is worth? |
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The best way to find out how much an old Apple is worth is to check eBay. As for special features such
as signatures of the engineers on some of the first Macs, it doesn't necessarily make your Mac more
valueable. See the information on these models here in the Museum in order to verify, if you're lucky and
have a rare item or if it's a standard Mac. |
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Some sections are not yet available. When will they
become available? |
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Like noted on the front page, all of our data was lost when the database was accidentally deleted. It will take a long time before all content is available again. I decided that I'd rather put the content that's left back online instead of having the Museum offline. For the time being, if you're looking for specification of Apple products, please check Apple History and MacTracker. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
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On other Mac history websites I saw different names for some products (like the PowerBook Lombard). Which one is the correct and official name? |
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At The Apple Museum you'll only find Apple's official product names. Hence, you won't find the nicknames some products have here.
We feel that following the official naming convention of Apple is more accurate as sometimes one product has
various nicknames. |
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You list the PowerBook G4s (12-inch DVI, 15-inch FW 800, 17-inch 1.33 GHz) with PowerPC 7457 processor. However,
I can remember reading on various discussion boards and on other Apple history websites, that they're using the 7447 processor. Which one is it now? |
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First of all, I'd like to clarify that I am not an expert on processors. However, after doing some research, I found related Apple tech documents linking
to Motorola's 7457 websites, indicating that they are using the 7457 processor. Also, Apple said they were using the 7457 CPU and I don't see
a reason not to believe them. Furthermore, after reading through some of Motorola's pages on the topic, I came to the conclusion
that the fact that the PowerBooks lack a L3 Cache doesn't necessarily mean that they're using the 7457 processor. The 7457 CPU can be equipped with
a L3 Cache, but it doesn't have to be. I might be mistaken, but if I am and you contact me, I'd like to ask you for proof, because otherwise
I cannot edit the data.
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Some of the latest Apple products bear rather strange codenames, like Q37 (PowerMac G5). What's the meaning of these numbers? |
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These numbers are internal project IDs. Apple introduced this destinction between codenames and project names in 1998 with the release of iMac.
We decided to list them as codename nonetheless, as we feel that it's interesting to know the project name for a product, too. |
