Tsekani malonda

Atabwerera ku mutu wa Apple mu 1997, Jobs anathetsa kupanga zinthu zina. Izi makamaka sizinagwirizane ndi mbiri ya kampani ya Cupertino kapena panalibe kufunikira kwa iwo kuchokera kwa makasitomala otsiriza. Onani zinthu zisanu zomwe zinalibe malo padziko lapansi. Mmodzi wa iwo anali ngakhale chilengedwe cha Jobs.

Pippin

Pippin idapangidwa ngati nsanja ya multimedia yozikidwa pa PowerPC Mac. Ngakhale zimawoneka ngati kontrakitala yamasewera - yodzaza ndi zowongolera zooneka ngati nthochi - idapangidwa kuti ikhale ngati malo owonera makanema. Mayina a Pippin adasindikizidwa pa CD-ROM, pomwe makina ogwiritsira ntchitowo analiponso. Pulatifomu ya Pippin inalibe zokumbukira zamkati.

Kampani imodzi yomwe idapereka chilolezo kwa Pippin inali Bandai mu 1994. Chotsatira chinali chipangizo chotchedwa Bandai Pippin @World, chomwe mungagule muzonse zakuda ndi zoyera. Tsoka ilo, panalibenso malo pamsika wa chipangizocho. Ma consoles monga Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation ndi Sega Saturn adagwira maudindo awo mwamphamvu, kotero ntchitoyi inathetsedwa mu 1997. Pazonse, zida za 1996 zoyendetsa Pippin zidagulitsidwa pakati pa 1998 ndi 12. Mtengo wake unali $000.

Newton

Pulatifomu ya Newton ya PDA idayambitsidwa kwa anthu mu 1993 ndi chipangizo cha MessagePad. Malinga ndi mtsogoleri wa Apple panthawiyo, John Sculley, zida zofananazi zimayenera kukhala gawo la moyo watsiku ndi tsiku. Powopa kudyedwa kwa ma Mac, mtundu wocheperako (9 × 12 ″) udayambitsidwa kuwonjezera pa mtundu wokulirapo (4,5 × 7 ″).

MessagePad yoyamba idatsutsidwa chifukwa chosazindikirika bwino pamanja komanso moyo wa batri wa AAA wopanda pake. Mosasamala kanthu za zophophonya zimenezi, pamene kugaŵidwa kunayamba, mayunitsi 5 anagulitsidwa m’maola angapo, mtengo uliwonse wa $000. Ngakhale Newton sanakhalepo flop kapena malonda, Jobs inatha kukhalapo mu 800. Zaka khumi pambuyo pake, Apple adabwera ndi nsanja ina yomwe idasinthiratu dziko la zida zam'manja - iOS.

Zaka 20 za Mac

Zokwera mtengo - ndiwo mawu omwe amafotokoza kompyutayi (TAM - Twentieth Anniversary Mac) yopangidwira zaka 20 za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Apple. Anabweretsedwa kunyumba ndi galimoto yamoto, dalaivala atavala tuxedo ndi magolovesi oyera. Zachidziwikire TAM idakutulutsirani ndikuyiyika pamalo omwe mudafotokozera. Makina omvera a Bose adaperekedwanso ndi TAM. Kiyibodi inalinso ndi zopumira pamanja.

TAM idapangidwira kulephera koonekeratu. Pamtengo wa $9, palibe china chomwe chikanayembekezeredwa, makamaka PowerMac 995 itatulutsidwa mwezi watha ndikusintha kofananako kwa gawo limodzi mwa magawo asanu amtengo. PALI kuchotsera kwa $6500 pambuyo chaka zogulitsa mu March 1998 kuti tayika kuchokera ku nyumba zosungiramo katundu.

klony

Mu 1994, Apple inali ndi 7% ya msika wamakompyuta. Kuti awonjezere chiwerengerochi, oyang'anira adaganiza zoyamba kupereka chilolezo kwa opanga ena monga DayStar, Motorola, Power Computing kapena Umax. Komabe, ma clones atalowa pamsika, gawo la OS yovomerezeka silinachuluke mwanjira iliyonse, m'malo mwake, kugulitsa makompyuta a Apple kunachepa. Mwamwayi, chilolezocho chinangophimba System 7 (yomwe nthawi zambiri imatchedwa Mac OS 7).

Atabwerako, Jobs adadzudzula pulogalamuyi ndipo sanayibwezeretse kwa Mac OS 8. Apple idapezanso mphamvu pazida zomwe Mac OS imayendera. Komabe, mpaka posachedwapa anali ndi vuto laling'ono ndi ma Psystar clones.

Cube

Zogulitsa zinayi zam'mbuyo zinali padziko lapansi Jobs asanabwerere ku Apple. Cube idangotulutsidwa mu Julayi 2000, yokhala ndi purosesa ya 4MHz G450, 20GB hard drive, 64MB ya RAM kwa $1. Umenewo sunali mtengo woyipa, koma Cube inalibe mipata ya PCI kapena zotulutsa zomvera.

Makasitomala analibe chifukwa chofunira Cube, chifukwa $ 1 amatha kugula PowerMac G599 - kotero sanafunikire kugula chowunikira chowonjezera. Kuchotsera kwa $4 ndikusintha kwa hardware kumatsatira. Koma ngakhale izi sizinathandize, kotero kyubu yowonekera yopangidwa ndi Jonathan Ive idakhala yopumira. Cube nthawi zina amatchedwa o Mwana wa Jobs.

Chitsime: ArsTechnica.com
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