I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 332. Here are my solutions to them.
1: I came in 1998, Bondi blue with USB.
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iMac
I (the start of its name) came in 1998 (it was released on 15 August 1998), Bondi blue (the colour of the first model) with USB (it was the first with USB ports).
2: I came a year later, with a PowerBook ID and AirPort.
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iBook
I (the start of its name) came a year later (it was released on 21 July 1999), with a PowerBook ID (its model ID was PowerBook2,1) and AirPort (it was the first with built-in Wi-Fi).
3: I came two more years later, with the smallest hard disk and LCD, and a thousand songs.
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iPod
I (the start of its name) came two more years later (it was released on 23 October 2001), with the smallest hard disk (5 GB) and LCD (2 inch), and a thousand songs (its launch tagline was ‘a thousand songs in your pocket’).
The common factor
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They each start with the letter i, something initially hated by Steve Jobs, and were aimed at the consumer.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
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