Solutions to New Year Mac riddles 236

I hope that you enjoyed this New Year’s Mac Riddles, episode 236. Here are my solutions to them.

1: First for the rest of us, it came in putty.

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Macintosh 128K

First (the first Mac) for the rest of us (the phrase used to promote it), it came in putty (the colour of its case when launched in January 1984, 40 years ago).

2: All the tens for this national park next to Sierra.

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Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

All the tens (OS X 10.10) for this national park (probably the most famous US National Park) next to Sierra (on its south-east border is Sierra National Park, although the next version of OS X was of course El Capitan, not Sierra. It was released in October 2014, 10 years ago).

3: Fastest way to catch a flight and the first with AirTunes.

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AirPort Express

Fastest way to catch a flight (an airport express) and the first with AirTunes (it was the first of Apple’s Wi-Fi devices to offer AirTunes, and was released in June 2004, 20 years ago).

4: Chromatic fashionable author, first to put photos on paper.

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Color StyleWriter Pro

Chromatic (colour) fashionable (style) author (writer), first to put photos on paper (it was Apple’s first colour inkjet printer, released in February 1994, 30 years ago).

The common factor

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They were released 40, 10, 20 and 30 years ago relative to the New Year.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.