Amaya Toman Malaputopu kwa nthawi yayitali akhala pakati pa zinthu zodziwika bwino kuchokera ku msonkhano wa Apple. Ngakhale kampani ya Cupertino isanatulutse ma MacBook ake odziwika padziko lonse lapansi, idapanganso ma iBooks. M'nkhani ya lero, tikukumbutsani za iBook G3 - laputopu yapulasitiki yokongola yokhala ndi mawonekedwe osagwirizana.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Mu 1999, Apple inayambitsa kompyuta yake yatsopano yotchedwa iBook. Inali iBook G3, yomwe idatchedwa Clamshell chifukwa cha mapangidwe ake achilendo. IBook G3 idapangidwira ogula wamba ndipo idapezeka - yofanana ndi iMac G3 - mu mtundu wapulasitiki wowoneka bwino. Steve Jobs adayambitsa iBook G3 pa Julayi 21, 1999 pamsonkhano wapa Macworld. IBook G3 inali ndi purosesa ya PowerPC G3 ndipo inali ndi doko la USB ndi Ethernet. Inakhalanso laputopu yoyamba yodzitamandira ndi zida zophatikizika zamawayilesi. Bezel yowonetsera inali ndi mlongoti wopanda zingwe womwe umalumikizidwa ndi khadi yamkati yopanda zingwe.
Zithunzi
IBook idatsutsidwa kuchokera kumadera ena chifukwa inali yayikulu komanso yolimba kuposa PowerBook ngakhale inali yotsika, koma kapangidwe kake koyambirira, komano, idapangitsa kuti ikhale "yogwira mtima" m'mafilimu angapo ndi mndandanda. Chidutswa ichi pamapeto pake chidadziwika kwambiri pakati pa ogwiritsa ntchito wamba. Mu 2000, Apple inayambitsa iBook G3 Special Edition mu mtundu wa graphite, patapita nthawi pang'ono chaka chomwecho panalinso iBook yokhala ndi FireWire yolumikizana ndi mitundu ya Indigo, Graphite ndi Key Lime. Apple idasiya kapangidwe kake ka iBooks mu 2001, pomwe idayambitsa iBook G3 Snow yokhala ndi "notebook" yachikhalidwe. Idapezeka yoyera, inali yopepuka 30% kuposa iBook G3 ya m'badwo woyamba, ndipo idatenga malo ochepa. Idali ndi doko la USB lowonjezera komanso idapereka chiwonetsero chapamwamba.
