Amaya Toman Chaka cha 1985 chinali chofunikira kwa Apple komanso kwa woyambitsa Steve Jobs. Kampaniyo idakhala ikukulira kwakanthawi panthawiyo, ndipo kusamvana komwe kudapangitsa kuti Jobs achoke pakampaniyo. Chimodzi mwa zifukwa chinali kusagwirizana ndi John Sculley, yemwe Jobs adabwera naye ku Apple kuchokera ku kampani ya Pepsi. Zongoganiza kuti Jobs anali wokonzeka kupanga mpikisano waukulu wa Apple sizinachedwe kubwera, ndipo patatha milungu ingapo zidachitikadi. Ntchito zinachoka ku Apple pa September 16, 1985.
Patatha zaka zitatu Jobs atachoka ku Apple, kukonzekera kunayamba mu NEXT kuti amasulidwe Kompyuta Yotsatira - kompyuta yamphamvu yomwe imayenera kulimbitsa mbiri ya kampani ya Jobs ndi mbiri yake monga katswiri wamakono. Inde, Kompyuta Yotsatira idapangidwanso kuti ipikisane ndi makompyuta opangidwa ndi Apple panthawiyo.
Kulandira makina atsopano kuchokera ku msonkhano wa NEXT kunali kwabwino kotheratu. Oulutsa nkhani adathamangira kukanena zomwe Jobs wazaka makumi atatu ndi zitatu panthawiyo anali kugwira ntchito ndi zomwe adakonzekera mtsogolo. M’tsiku limodzi, nkhani zachikondwerero zinafalitsidwa m’magazini otchuka a Newsweek ndi Time. Imodzi mwa nkhanizo inali ndi mutu wakuti "Soul of the Next Machine", kufotokoza momveka bwino mutu wa buku la Tracy Kidder "Moyo wa Makina Atsopano", mutu wa nkhani ina unali "Steve Jobs Returns".
Mwa zina, makina omwe angotulutsidwa kumene amayenera kuwonetsa ngati kampani ya Jobs ingathe kubweretsanso ukadaulo wapakompyuta padziko lonse lapansi. Awiri oyambirira anali Apple II ndi Macintosh. Komabe, nthawi ino, Jobs adayenera kuchita popanda woyambitsa mnzake wa Apple Steve Wozniak ndi akatswiri owonetsa ogwiritsa ntchito kuchokera ku Xerox PARC.
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Kompyuta Yotsatira inalibe malo oyambira abwino. Ntchito zinayenera kuyika ndalama zake zambiri pakampaniyo, ndipo kungopanga logo ya kampaniyo kumamutengera ndalama zolemekezeka. Chifukwa chakuchita bwino kwambiri, Jobs sakanatha kukhazikika ngakhale m'masiku oyambilira a kampaniyo ndipo sangachite chilichonse ndi mtima wonse.
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“Ntchito zili pachiwopsezo chochuluka kuposa ndalama zokwana madola 12 miliyoni zimene anaika mu NEXT,” inalemba motero magazini ya Newsweek panthaŵiyo, ponena kuti kampani yatsopanoyo inalinso ndi ntchito yomanganso mbiri ya Steve. Okayikira ena amaona kuti kupambana kwa Jobs ku Apple kunangochitika mwangozi, ndipo anamutcha kuti ndi wowonetsa. M'nkhani yake panthawiyo, Newsweek inanenanso kuti dziko limakonda kuwona Jobs ngati munthu waluso kwambiri komanso wokongola, koma "tech punk" yodzikuza, ndikuti NEXT ndi mwayi woti atsimikizire kukhwima kwake ndikudziwonetsa ngati wodzipereka. wopanga makompyuta omwe amatha kuyendetsa kampani.
Mkonzi wa magazini ya Time, Philip Elmer-Dewitt, ponena za NEXT Computer, ananena kuti hardware yamphamvu ndi maonekedwe ochititsa chidwi si zokwanira kuti kompyuta igwire bwino ntchito. "Makina opambana kwambiri alinso ndi chinthu chokhudza mtima, chomwe chimagwirizanitsa zida zomwe zili pakompyuta ndi zofuna za wogwiritsa ntchito," inatero nkhani yake. "Mwina palibe amene amamvetsetsa bwino izi kuposa Steve Jobs, woyambitsa Apple Computer ndi munthu yemwe adapanga kompyuta yake kukhala gawo lanyumba."
Nkhani zomwe tazitchulazi ndi umboni wakuti makompyuta atsopano a Jobs adatha kuyambitsa chipwirikiti asanawone kuwala kwa tsiku. Makompyuta omwe pamapeto pake adatuluka mu msonkhano wa NEXT - kaya anali Computer Computer kapena NEXT Cube - anali abwino kwambiri. Ubwino, womwe mwanjira zina unali patsogolo pa nthawi yake, koma mtengowo udafanananso, ndipo pamapeto pake unakhala chopunthwitsa kwa NEXT.
NEXT pamapeto pake idagulidwa ndi Apple mu Disembala 1996. Pamtengo wa madola 400 miliyoni, adapezanso Steve Jobs ndi NEXT - ndipo mbiri ya nyengo yatsopano ya Apple inayamba kulembedwa.
