Amaya Toman Mbiri yamakompyuta osunthika kuchokera ku msonkhano wa Apple ndi wautali komanso wosiyanasiyana. Njira yotengedwa ndi kampani ya Cupertino kuchokera ku zitsanzo zoyamba zamtunduwu mpaka zamakono MacBooks, nthawi zambiri inkasokonezeka, yodzaza ndi zopinga, komanso kupambana kosatsutsika. Pakati pa izi, PowerBook 100, yomwe tikambirana mwachidule m'nkhani ya lero, ikhoza kuphatikizidwa popanda kukambirana.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
buku lamphamvu 100 idakhazikitsidwa pamsika mu theka lachiwiri la Okutobala 1991. Pa nthawiyo, anthu anali akadali zaka zingapo kuchokera pakufika kwa Wi-Fi ndi matekinoloje ena opanda zingwe - kapena kani, kuchokera kukukula kwawo kwakukulu - koma ngakhale pamenepo, zolembera zopepuka kwambiri zotheka kukhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri. PowerBook 100 ndiyomwe ili ndi udindo wobweretsa ma laputopu odziwika bwino pakapita nthawi. Mac Portable kuyambira 100, mwachitsanzo, inali makompyuta osunthika, koma kulemera kwake kunali kokwera kwambiri, komanso mtengo wake - chifukwa chake sichinayambe kugundidwa ndi msika.
Ndi kutulutsidwa kwa PowerBooks zatsopano, Apple yachepetsa mitengo kwambiri, poyerekeza ndi Mac Portable yomwe tatchulayi. October 1991 PowerBooks adabwera m'masinthidwe atatu: PowerBook 100 yotsika, PowerBook 140 yapakatikati, ndi PowerBook 170 yapamwamba. Mtengo wawo umachokera ku $ 2 mpaka $ 300. Kuphatikiza pamitengo, Apple yachepetsanso kwambiri kulemera kwazatsopano zake zonyamula. Pomwe Mac Portable inkalemera pafupifupi ma kilogalamu asanu ndi awiri, kulemera kwa PowerBooks yatsopano kunali pafupifupi ma kilogalamu 4.
PowerBook 100 inali yosiyana ndi mawonekedwe a PowerBook 140 ndi 170. Izi zinali chifukwa chakuti awiri omalizirawo anapangidwa ndi Apple, pamene Sony anali nawo pakupanga PowerBook 100. PowerBook 100 idabwera ndi 2 MB ya RAM yowonjezera (mpaka 8 MB) ndi hard drive ya 20 MB mpaka 40 MB. Floppy drive idangobwera ndi mitundu iwiri yapamwamba kwambiri, koma ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kuigula ngati cholumikizira chakunja. Mwa zina, chosiyanitsa cha atatu a PowerBooks atsopano chinali trackball yophatikizika yowongolera cholozera.
Mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya PowerBooks idatuluka pang'onopang'ono kuchokera ku msonkhano wa Apple:
Zithunzi
Pamapeto pake, kupambana kwa PowerBook 100 kunali kodabwitsa ngakhale kwa Apple yokha. Kampaniyo idapereka "kokha" madola milioni pakutsatsa kwawo, koma kampeni yotsatsa idawonetsa chidwi pagulu lomwe akufuna. M'chaka chake choyamba chogulitsa, PowerBook idapeza Apple ndalama zoposa $ 1 biliyoni ndikulimbitsa malo ake ngati kompyuta kwa wamalonda woyendayenda, msika womwe Mac adavutikirapo kulowamo. Mu 1992, malonda a PowerBook adathandizira kupanga ndalama zokwana $7,1 biliyoni, chaka chachuma kwambiri cha Apple mpaka pano.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Ngakhale Apple sagwiritsanso ntchito dzina la PowerBook, palibe kukayika kuti kompyutayi idasintha momwe ma laputopu amawonekera ndikugwira ntchito, ndipo idathandizira kuyambitsa kusintha kwamakompyuta am'manja.
