praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Macintosh
Context: When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 following the company's purchase of NeXT, he ordered that the OS that had been previewed as version 7.7 be branded Mac OS 8 (in place of the never-to-appear Copland OS). Since Apple had licensed only System 7 to third parties, this move effectively ended the clone line. The decision caused significant financial losses for companies like Motorola, who produced the StarMax; Umax, who produced the SuperMac; and Power Computing, who offered several lines of Mac clones, including the PowerWave, PowerTower, and PowerTower Pro. These companies had invested substantial resources in creating their own Mac-compatible hardware. Apple bought out Power Computing's license, but allowed Umax to continue selling Mac clones until their license expired, as they had a sizeable presence in the lower-end segment that Apple did not. In September 1997 Apple extended Umax' license allowing them to sell clones with Mac OS 8, the only clone maker to do so, but with the restriction that they only sell low-end systems. Without the higher profit margins of high-end systems, however, Umax judged this would not be profitable and exited the Mac clone market in May 1998, having lost USD$36 million on the program.

question: Who returned to Apple in 1997? 

answer: Steve Jobs

question: What did Steve Jobs order the OS version 7.7 to be branded as? 

answer: Mac OS 8

question: What did the branding of the Mac OS 8 effectively end? 

answer: the clone line

question: What effect did Mac's decision to brand the Mac OS8 have on companies such as Motorola? 

answer: significant financial losses

question: How much money did Umax lose when it exited the low-end Mac clone market? 

answer: USD$36 million
Title: Macintosh
Context: Mac OS continued to evolve up to version 9.2.2, including retrofits such as the addition of a nanokernel and support for Multiprocessing Services 2.0 in Mac OS 8.6, though its dated architecture made replacement necessary. Initially developed in the Pascal programming language, it was substantially rewritten in C++ for System 7. From its beginnings on an 8 MHz machine with 128 KB of RAM, it had grown to support Apple's latest 1 GHz G4-equipped Macs. Since its architecture was laid down, features that were already common on Apple's competition, like preemptive multitasking and protected memory, had become feasible on the kind of hardware Apple manufactured. As such, Apple introduced Mac OS X, a fully overhauled Unix-based successor to Mac OS 9. OS X uses Darwin, XNU, and Mach as foundations, and is based on NeXTSTEP. It was released to the public in September 2000, as the Mac OS X Public Beta, featuring a revamped user interface called "Aqua". At US$29.99, it allowed adventurous Mac users to sample Apple's new operating system and provide feedback for the actual release. The initial version of Mac OS X, 10.0 "Cheetah", was released on March 24, 2001. Older Mac OS applications could still run under early Mac OS X versions, using an environment called "Classic". Subsequent releases of Mac OS X included 10.1 "Puma" (2001), 10.2 "Jaguar" (2002), 10.3 "Panther" (2003) and 10.4 "Tiger" (2005).

question: What did dated architecture on the Mac OS line make necessary? 

answer: replacement

question: What programming language was the Mac OS initially developed in? 

answer: Pascal

question: What language replaced Pascal for System 7? 

answer: C++

question: What was the fuly overhauled successor to Mac OS 9? 

answer: Mac OS X

question: Upon release, what interface allowed Mac users to sample Apple's new operating system and provide feedback for the actual release? 

answer: Aqua
Title: Macintosh
Context: The current Mac product family uses Intel x86-64 processors. Apple introduced an emulator during the transition from PowerPC chips (called Rosetta), much as it did during the transition from Motorola 68000 architecture a decade earlier. The Macintosh is the only mainstream computer platform to have successfully transitioned to a new CPU architecture, and has done so twice. All current Mac models ship with at least 8 GB of RAM as standard other than the 1.4 GHz Mac Mini, MacBook Pro (without Retina Display), and MacBook Air. Current Mac computers use ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce graphics cards as well as Intel graphics built into the main CPU. All current Macs (except for the MacBook Pro without Retina Display) do not ship with an optical media drive that includes a dual-function DVD/CD burner. Apple refers to this as a SuperDrive. Current Macs include two standard data transfer ports: USB and Thunderbolt (except for the MacBook (2015 version), which only has a USB-C port and headphone port). MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini computers now also feature the "Thunderbolt" port, which Apple says can transfer data at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second. USB was introduced in the 1998 iMac G3 and is ubiquitous today, while FireWire is mainly reserved for high-performance devices such as hard drives or video cameras. Starting with the then-new iMac G5, released in October 2005, Apple started to include built-in iSight cameras on appropriate models, and a media center interface called Front Row that can be operated by an Apple Remote or keyboard for accessing media stored on the computer. Front Row has been discontinued as of 2011, however, and the Apple Remote is no longer bundled with new Macs.

question: What is the only mainstream computer platform to successfully transition to a new CPU architecture? 

answer: Macintosh

question: What is the standard amount of RAM included with almost all current Mac models? 

answer: 8 GB

question: Which MacBook Pro port can transfer data at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second? 

answer: Thunderbolt

question: When was the iMac G5 released? 

answer: October 2005

question: Which interface did Apple introduce that was capable of being operated by an Apple Remote or keyboard for accessing media stored on the computer? 

answer: Front Row

question: What is the standard amount of RAM shipped with most Mac models? 

answer: 8 GB

question: What processors are used by the current Mac product family? 

answer: Intel x86-64

question: How many data transfer ports are included in most current Macs? 

answer: two

question: According to Apple, how fast can the Thunderbolt port transfer data? 

answer: up to 10 gigabits per second.
Title: Macintosh
Context: Originally, the hardware architecture was so closely tied to the Mac OS operating system that it was impossible to boot an alternative operating system. The most common workaround, is to boot into Mac OS and then to hand over control to a Mac OS-based bootloader application. Used even by Apple for A/UX and MkLinux, this technique is no longer necessary since the introduction of Open Firmware-based PCI Macs, though it was formerly used for convenience on many Old World ROM systems due to bugs in the firmware implementation.[citation needed] Now, Mac hardware boots directly from Open Firmware in most PowerPC-based Macs or EFI in all Intel-based Macs.

question: Which technique was once used to boot an alternate operating system than Mac OS? 

answer: boot into Mac OS and then to hand over control to a Mac OS-based bootloader application

question: What was introduced that made using Mac OS alternative operating systems easier? 

answer: Open Firmware-based PCI Macs

question: What were Open Firmware-based PCI Macs used as a convenience because of? 

answer: bugs in the firmware implementation

question: Where does Mac hardware boot directly to in all Intel-based Macs? 

answer: EFI

question: Where does Mac harware boot directly to in most PowerPC-based Macs? 

answer: Open Firmware
Title: Macintosh
Context: In 1982, Regis McKenna was brought in to shape the marketing and launch of the Macintosh. Later the Regis McKenna team grew to include Jane Anderson, Katie Cadigan and Andy Cunningham, who eventually led the Apple account for the agency. Cunningham and Anderson were the primary authors of the Macintosh launch plan. The launch of the Macintosh pioneered many different tactics that are used today in launching technology products, including the "multiple exclusive," event marketing (credited to John Sculley, who brought the concept over from Pepsi), creating a mystique around a product and giving an inside look into a product's creation.

question: Who was brought in to shape the marketing of Macintosh in 1982? 

answer: Regis McKenna

question: What role did Andy Cunningham and Jane Anderson have in the Macintosh launch plan? 

answer: primary authors

question: Who introduced the "multiple exclusive" event marketing concept to Apple? 

answer: John Sculley

question: Which company first used the "multiple exclusive" event marketing concept? 

answer: Pepsi

question: What did the "multiple exclusive" event marketing concept create around a product? 

answer: a mystique
Title: Macintosh
Context: Compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among PC manufacturers during the 1980s and early-mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling IBM and relegating Apple to third place. Apple's market share further struggled due to the release of the Windows 95 operating system, which unified Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products. Windows 95 significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of IBM PC compatible computers, and brought the capabilities of Windows to parity with the Mac OS GUI.

question: Who initiated a successful price war among PC manufacturers in 1994? 

answer: Compaq

question: Who did Compaq overtake in the price war of 1994? 

answer: IBM

question: What happened to Apple's market share with the release of Windows 95? 

answer: struggled

question: What unified Microsoft's MS-DOS and Windows products? 

answer: Windows 95

question: What significantly enhanced the multimedia capability of IBM PC compatible computers? 

answer: Windows 95
Title: Macintosh
Context: Statistics from late 2003 indicate that Apple had 2.06 percent of the desktop share in the United States that had increased to 2.88 percent by Q4 2004. As of October 2006, research firms IDC and Gartner reported that Apple's market share in the U.S. had increased to about 6 percent. Figures from December 2006, showing a market share around 6 percent (IDC) and 6.1 percent (Gartner) are based on a more than 30 percent increase in unit sale from 2005 to 2006. The installed base of Mac computers is hard to determine, with numbers ranging from 5% (estimated in 2009) to 16% (estimated in 2005).

question: What percent of the desktop share in the U.S. did Apple have in 2003? 

answer: 2.06

question: Who are IDC and Gartner? 

answer: research firms

question: What was Apple's market share in the U.S. by 2006? 

answer: 6.1 percent

question: What percentage of unit sale increase did Apple see from 2005 to 2006? 

answer: 30

question: What was the estimated installed base of Mac computers in 2009? 

answer: 16%
Title: Macintosh
Context: The Macintosh SE was released at the same time as the Macintosh II for $2900 (or $3900 with hard drive), as the first compact Mac with a 20 MB internal hard drive and an expansion slot. The SE's expansion slot was located inside the case along with the CRT, potentially exposing an upgrader to high voltage. For this reason, Apple recommended users bring their SE to an authorized Apple dealer to have upgrades performed. The SE also updated Jerry Manock and Terry Oyama's original design and shared the Macintosh II's Snow White design language, as well as the new Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) mouse and keyboard that had first appeared on the Apple IIGS some months earlier.

question: When was the Macintosh SE released at the same time as? 

answer: the Macintosh II

question: What was the first compact Mac with a 20 MB internal hard drive and an expansion slot? 

answer: The Macintosh SE

question: What was the starting price of the Macintosh SE? 

answer: $2900

question: What did the location of the SE's expansion slot potentially expose an upgrader to? 

answer: high voltage

question: Who did Apple suggest users go to for performing updates on their SE's? 

answer: an authorized Apple dealer
Title: Macintosh
Context: In recent years, Apple has seen a significant boost in sales of Macs. This has been attributed, in part, to the success of the iPod and the iPhone, a halo effect whereby satisfied iPod or iPhone owners purchase more Apple products, and Apple has since capitalized on that with the iCloud cloud service that allows users to seamlessly sync data between these devices and Macs. Nonetheless, like other personal computer manufacturers, the Macintosh lines have been hurt by consumer trend towards smartphones and tablet computers (particularly Apple's own iPhone and iPad, respectively) as the computing devices of choice among consumers.

question: What is partially credited for the significant boost in sales of Macs in recent years? 

answer: the success of the iPod and the iPhone

question: What allows users to easily sync data between an iPhone and a Mac? 

answer: iCloud cloud service

question: What consumer trend has hurt many personal computer manufacturers? 

answer: smartphones and tablet computers

question: Which smartphone has hurt personal computer manufacterers the most? 

answer: Apple's own iPhone

question: What are the top two computing devices consumers are choosing? 

answer: iPhone and iPad
Title: Macintosh
Context: In response, Apple introduced a range of relatively inexpensive Macs in October 1990. The Macintosh Classic, essentially a less expensive version of the Macintosh SE, was the least expensive Mac offered until early 2001. The 68020-powered Macintosh LC, in its distinctive "pizza box" case, offered color graphics and was accompanied by a new, low-cost 512×384 pixel monitor. The Macintosh IIsi was essentially a 20 MHz IIci with only one expansion slot. All three machines sold well, although Apple's profit margin on them was considerably lower than that on earlier models.

question: What did Apple introduce in 1990 to combat competition from smartphones? 

answer: relatively inexpensive Macs

question: What was the less expensive version of the Macintosh SE that was offered until 2001? 

answer: The Macintosh Classic

question: Which Macintosh had a distinctive "pizza box" case? 

answer: LC

question: How many expansion slots did the Macintosh IIsi have? 

answer: only one

question: How did Apple's profit margin on the lower cost Mac's compare to the profit margin onearlier models? 

answer: considerably lower
Title: Macintosh
Context: Starting in 2006, Apple's industrial design shifted to favor aluminum, which was used in the construction of the first MacBook Pro. Glass was added in 2008 with the introduction of the unibody MacBook Pro. These materials are billed as environmentally friendly. The iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini lines currently all use aluminum enclosures, and are now made of a single unibody. Chief designer Jonathan Ive continues to guide products towards a minimalist and simple feel, including eliminating of replaceable batteries in notebooks. Multi-touch gestures from the iPhone's interface have been applied to the Mac line in the form of touch pads on notebooks and the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad for desktops.

question: When did Apple begin to favor aluminum in their design? 

answer: 2006

question: Which Mac used aluminum in it's construction? 

answer: MacBook Pro

question: Which material did Apple add with the 2008 unibody MacBrook Pro? 

answer: Glass

question: Are aluminum and glass considered to be environmentally friendly or environmentally harmful? 

answer: environmentally friendly

question: What has Chief Designer Jonathan Ive been able to eliminate in Mac notebooks? 

answer: replaceable batteries
Title: Macintosh
Context: The Macintosh project was begun in 1979 by Jef Raskin, an Apple employee who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. He wanted to name the computer after his favorite type of apple, the McIntosh, but the spelling was changed to "Macintosh" for legal reasons as the original was the same spelling as that used by McIntosh Laboratory, Inc., the audio equipment manufacturer. Steve Jobs requested that McIntosh Laboratory give Apple a release for the name with its changed spelling so that Apple could use it, but the request was denied, forcing Apple to eventually buy the rights to use the name. (A 1984 Byte Magazine article suggested Apple changed the spelling only after "early users" misspelled "McIntosh". However, Jef Raskin had adopted the Macintosh spelling by 1981, when the Macintosh computer was still a single prototype machine in the lab. This explanation further clashes with the first explanation given above that the change was made for "legal reasons.")

question: Who began the Macintosh project in 1979? 

answer: Jef Raskin

question: What was Jef Raskin's profession? 

answer: an Apple employee

question: What did Jef Raskin envision for a computer to be for an average consumer? 

answer: easy-to-use, low-cost

question: Why was the spelling of McIntosh changed to Macintosh? 

answer: for legal reasons

question: What did McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. manufacture? 

answer: audio equipment
Title: Macintosh
Context: After the Lisa's announcement, John Dvorak discussed rumors of a mysterious "MacIntosh" project at Apple in February 1983. The company announced the Macintosh 128K—manufactured at an Apple factory in Fremont, California—in October 1983, followed by an 18-page brochure included with various magazines in December. The Macintosh was introduced by a US$1.5 million Ridley Scott television commercial, "1984". It most notably aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece." Regis McKenna called the ad "more successful than the Mac itself." "1984" used an unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by a Picasso-style picture of the computer on her white tank top) as a means of saving humanity from the "conformity" of IBM's attempts to dominate the computer industry. The ad alludes to George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a televised "Big Brother."

question: Who discussed rumors of a mysterious "MacIntosh" project in 1983? 

answer: John Dvorak

question: Where was the Macintosh 128K manufactured? 

answer: Apple factory in Fremont, California

question: How much did the television commercial "1984" cost? 

answer: US$1.5 million

question: What did the television commercial "1984" introduce? 

answer: Macintosh 128K

question: What did Regis McKenna call the "1984" ad that was aired during the Super Bowl? 

answer: "more successful than the Mac itself."
Title: Macintosh
Context: The Macintosh (/ˈmækᵻntɒʃ/ MAK-in-tosh; branded as Mac since 1997) is a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer on January 24, 1984. This was the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. This first model was later renamed to "Macintosh 128k" for uniqueness amongst a populous family of subsequently updated models which are also based on Apple's same proprietary architecture. Since 1998, Apple has largely phased out the Macintosh name in favor of "Mac", though the product family has been nicknamed "Mac" or "the Mac" since the development of the first model.

question: When was the Macintosh branded as Mac? 

answer: 1997

question: Who designed, develped, and marketed the Mac computers? 

answer: Apple Inc.

question: What did Steve Jobs introduce on January 24, 1984? 

answer: original Macintosh computer

question: What interface type did the original Macintosh include? 

answer: integral graphical user

question: When did Apple begin phasing out Macintosh in favor of "Mac"? 

answer: Since 1998
Title: Macintosh
Context: In 1985, the combination of the Mac, Apple's LaserWriter printer, and Mac-specific software like Boston Software's MacPublisher and Aldus PageMaker enabled users to design, preview, and print page layouts complete with text and graphics—an activity to become known as desktop publishing. Initially, desktop publishing was unique to the Macintosh, but eventually became available for other platforms. Later, applications such as Macromedia FreeHand, QuarkXPress, and Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator strengthened the Mac's position as a graphics computer and helped to expand the emerging desktop publishing market.

question: When was the activity of desktop publishing first used? 

answer: 1985

question: What company was desktop publishing unique to at it's beginning? 

answer: Macintosh

question: What three things were combined to develop desktop publishing? 

answer: Mac, Apple's LaserWriter printer, and Mac-specific software like Boston Software's MacPublisher

question: What did desktop publishing enable users to do? 

answer: design, preview, and print page layouts complete with text and graphics

question: What applications strengthened Mac's position as a graphics computer? 

answer: Macromedia FreeHand, QuarkXPress, and Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator
Title: Macintosh
Context: Raskin was authorized to start hiring for the project in September 1979, and he immediately asked his long-time colleague, Brian Howard, to join him. His initial team would eventually consist of himself, Howard, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, and Bud Tribble. The rest of the original Mac team would include Bill Atkinson, Bob Belleville, Steve Capps, George Crow, Donn Denman, Chris Espinosa, Andy Hertzfeld, Bruce Horn, Susan Kare, Larry Kenyon, and Caroline Rose with Steve Jobs leading the project.

question: What year was Raskin hired by Apple? 

answer: September 1979

question: Who did Raskin immediately hire to help him on the Apple project in 1979? 

answer: his long-time colleague, Brian Howard

question: Who comprised the original Mac team besides Raskin? 

answer: Howard, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, and Bud Tribble

question: Who eventually lead the project on the Mac team? 

answer: Steve Jobs
Title: Macintosh
Context: From 2001 to 2008, Mac sales increased continuously on an annual basis. Apple reported worldwide sales of 3.36 million Macs during the 2009 holiday season. As of Mid-2011, the Macintosh continues to enjoy rapid market share increase in the US, growing from 7.3% of all computer shipments in 2010 to 9.3% in 2011. According to IDC's quarterly PC tracker, globally, in 3rd quarter of 2014, Apple's PC market share increased 5.7 percent year over year, with record sales of 5.5 million units. Apple now sits in the number five spot, with a global market share of about 6% during 2014, behind Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer.

question: How many Macs did Apple sell worldwide during the 2009 holiday season? 

answer: 3.36 million

question: What was Apples market share of all computer shipments in 2010? 

answer: 7.3%

question: What was Apples market share of all computer shipments in 2011? 

answer: 9.3%

question: What ranking was Apple in the PC global market share during 2014? 

answer: about 6%

question: Who outperformed Apple in the 2014 PC global market share? 

answer: Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer