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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 333

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 333. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Black leopard exposé of 2003 could fax.

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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

Black leopard (a panther) exposé (Exposé was one of its new features) of 2003 (released 24 October 2003) could fax (it was the first Mac OS X to come with integrated support for faxing).

2: Officially a 750, it brought the fastest notebook in the world in 1997.

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G3

Officially a 750 (its proper name is the PowerPC 750), it brought the fastest notebook in the world (the PowerBook G3) in 1997 (first Macs with the G3 came in November 1997).

3: Came with a plus, bulging trash and SCSI.

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System 3

Came with a plus (it shipped with the Mac Plus in January 1986), bulging trash (it was the first version of Mac OS to show the Trash bulging when it had items inside it) and SCSI (it was the first version to support SCSI devices).

The common factor

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The number 3, to celebrate Mac Riddles 333.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.