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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 243

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 243. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Simon briefly in transistors and the new Mac architecture.

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Apple silicon

Simon briefly (si is a common shortened form of Simon, and chemical symbol for silicon) in transistors (a key component in transistors) and the new Mac architecture (Apple silicon).

2: Tough metal from pre-Olympian gods as early twenty-first century notebooks.

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Titanium PowerBook G4

Tough metal (it is) from pre-Olympian gods (named after the Titans) as early twenty-first century notebooks (they’re a series of notebooks with PowerPC G4 processors in titanium-look cases, made between 2001-03).

3: In lead pencils and diamonds as the bridge between classic and cocoa.

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Carbon

In lead pencils and diamonds (both contain forms of carbon) as the bridge between classic and cocoa (Carbon consisted of frameworks derived from Classic Mac OS to provide continuity and lead on to Mac OS X Cocoa replacements).

The common factor

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They’re each named after an element.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.