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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 341

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 341. Here are my solutions to them.

1: When we ran the first macOS on the first Mac with Apple silicon.

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2016

When we ran the first macOS (macOS Sierra was the first of the new brand, and was released in September 2016) on the first Mac with Apple silicon (the first MacBook Pro 13 and 15 inch models with T1 chips were introduced in October 2016).

2: When we bought the first MacBook Pro and the first Intel Xserve.

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2006

When we bought the first MacBook Pro (the first Intel-based notebook, renamed MacBook Pro, shipped in February 2006) and the first Intel Xserve (that completed the Intel transition when it arrived in November 2006).

3: When we could connect the first SCSI hard drive to our new Mac Plus.

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1986

When we could connect the first SCSI hard drive (the Apple Hard Disk 20SC arrived in September 1986, all 20 MB in capacity, with a transfer speed of up to 1.25 MB/s; the earlier Mac Hard Disk 20 connected to the floppy disk port) to our new Mac Plus (shipped in January 1986, with a SCSI port).

The common factor

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These were major Mac products 10, 20 and 40 years ago this year.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.