Amaya Toman Kubwerera kwa Steve Jobs ku Apple mu theka lachiwiri la zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi kunali kofunikira m'njira zambiri, ndipo kunabweretsanso kusintha kwakukulu. Zosinthazi zikuphatikiza, mwa zina, Ntchito zomwe zikuganiza zoyimitsa mzere wa Newton pazabwino. Izi zidachitika patangopita nthawi pang'ono chigawo chonsecho, chokhazikika mu ma PDAs aapulo, kuwerengera kukula kosalekeza komanso kusintha kwapang'onopang'ono kwamtsogolo kukhala gawo lodziyimira palokha.
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Apple idayambitsa othandizira ake a Newton personal digital (PDAs) mu 1993, pomwe Jobs anali kunja kwa kampani atataya nkhondo ndi CEO John Sculley. Newton anali patsogolo pa nthawi yake ndipo adapereka zinthu zingapo zosinthira kuphatikiza kuzindikira zolemba pamanja ndi matekinoloje ena apamwamba. Komanso, mzere wamtunduwu udawoneka panthawi yomwe kuyenda kwa zida zamagetsi sikunali chinthu wamba.
Tsoka ilo, matembenuzidwe oyamba a Newton sanabweretse zotsatira zomwe Apple ankayembekezera, zomwe zidakhudza kwambiri mbiri ya Apple. Komabe, m'zaka zoyambirira za m'ma 90, Apple inatha kuthetsa mavuto ambiri oyambirira a mzerewu. Mwa zina, makina ogwiritsira ntchito a NewtonOS 2.0 anali ndi udindo pa izi, zomwe zinatha kuthetsa mavuto angapo ndi ntchito yozindikiritsa zolemba zomwe zinkasokoneza zitsanzo zakale za mzere wa Newton.
Zithunzi
Newton MessagePad 2000 ya Marichi 1997 inali Newton yabwino kwambiri panobe ndipo idalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi ogwiritsa ntchito komanso akatswiri omwe. Kutsatira izi, Apple idapanga mapulani opangira gawo lawo la Newton. Anatsogoleredwa ndi Sandy Bennett, vicezidenti wakale wa Newton Systems Group. Anali Bennett yemwe adalengeza kumayambiriro kwa Ogasiti 1997 kuti Newton Inc. adzakhala "odziyimira pawokha kwa Apple". Ndi gulu lake lapadera la otsogolera ndi logo ya kampani, sitepe yomaliza inali kupeza CEO ndikusamukira ku maofesi atsopano ku Santa Clara, California. Cholinga cha mtundu wosiyana wa Newton chinali kupanga ma PDA komanso kupanga matekinoloje atsopano oyenera. Mamembala a Newton Division ankayembekezera tsogolo labwino la mtundu wodziimira womwe ukubwera, koma wina akuganiza, ndipo Steve Jobs wobwerera amasintha.
Panthawi yomwe mapulani anali kupangidwa kuti athetse gawo la Newton, Apple sinali kuchita bwino kawiri. Koma kutchuka kwa PDA kunayambanso kuchepa, ndipo ngakhale zikuwoneka kuti Newton isiya kutanthauza kutayika kwa Apple, palibe amene adawona kuti zida zamtunduwu zikulonjeza pakapita nthawi. Panthawi yomwe anali pakampaniyo, wamkulu wakale wa Apple Gil Amelio anayesa kugulitsa ukadaulo pamtengo wotsika mtengo ku mtundu uliwonse womwe ungatheke kuchokera ku Samsung kupita ku Sony. Aliyense atakana, Apple idaganiza zosiya Newton ngati bizinesi yakeyake. Pafupifupi antchito 130 a Apple adasamutsidwa ku kampani yatsopanoyi.
Komabe, Steve Jobs sanagwirizane ndi ndondomeko yopangira Newton chiyambi chake. Iye analibe kugwirizana kwaumwini ndi mtundu wa Newton ndipo sanawone chifukwa chogwiritsira ntchito antchito kuti athandizire mankhwala omwe amagulitsa mayunitsi 4,5 okha mpaka 150 m'zaka 000 pamashelefu. Kumbali ina, chidwi cha Jobs chidagwidwa ndi eMate 300 ndi mapangidwe ake ozungulira, mawonedwe amtundu ndi kiyibodi yophatikizika ya hardware, yomwe inali ngati chizindikiro cha tsogolo labwino kwambiri la iBook.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Mtundu wa eMate 300 poyamba unkapangidwira msika wamaphunziro ndipo inali imodzi mwazinthu zapadera za Apple panthawiyo. Patangopita masiku asanu Jobs adauza akuluakulu a Newton kuti asavutike kusamukira ku maofesi atsopano, adanenanso kuti Apple idzakokera mzere wa mankhwala pansi pa mbendera yake ndikuyang'ana pa chitukuko ndi kupanga eMate 300. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chotsatira, Jobs anauza Newton kuti amalize ntchito yake yomaliza. chabwino, ndipo zoyesayesa za Apple zidayamba kuyang'ana kwambiri pakupanga makompyuta.
