I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 313. Here are my solutions to them.
1: Light and lenses control a car inside Macs until 2013.
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Optical drive
Light and lenses (optical) control a car (to drive) inside Macs until 2013 (they were fitted internally in Macs until 2013 models, with the last being in the MacBook Pro 13-inch mid-2012 that wasn’t discontinued until 2016).
2: Splendid campaign originally for airs until last August.
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SuperDrive
Splendid (super) campaign (drive) originally for airs (this external optical drive was first intended for MacBook Airs) until last August (they were discontinued in August 2024).
3: Cupertino’s Roman 400 in South Carolina was the first in 1988.
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AppleCD SC
Cupertino’s (Apple) Roman 400 (in Roman numerals, CD) in South Carolina (abbreviated to SC) was the first in 1988 (it was Apple’s first tray-loading CD-ROM reader, available between 1988-91).
The common factor
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They’re all optical drives that have been sold by Apple.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
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