Uhambo luka-Apple Lwenani Lesigidintathu

I-Apple izolo ibe yinkampani yokuqala inani layo lemakethe lifinyelele isigidintathu. Lokhu ukunqoba okuqinisekile okuyingxenye, kodwa impumelelo yakho eholele emgwaqeni omude futhi onameva. Woza ukhumbule lolu hambo nathi - kusukela ekuqaleni kokhuni egalaji, ngokusebenzisa usongo lokuqothuka kanye ne-smartphone yokuqala ukurekhoda imiphumela yezezimali.

Ikhompyutha kaDeveli

I-Apple yasungulwa ngo-Ephreli 1976, 800 eLos Altos, eCalifornia. USteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak kanye noRonald Wayne babekhona ekuzalweni kwayo. Owesithathu oqanjwe igama walethwa uSteve Jobs ukuze anikeze izeluleko nesiqondiso kozakwabo ababili abancane, kodwa uWayne washeshe wayishiya inkampani nesheke lika-$XNUMX lamasheya akhe enkampanini.

Umkhiqizo wokuqala we-Apple kwakuyikhompuyutha ye-Apple I ngokuyisisekelo kwakuyibhodi lomama elinephrosesa nenkumbulo, eyenzelwe abathanda ngempela. Abanikazi bekufanele bazihlanganisele ngokwabo icala, futhi bengeze i-monitor yabo kanye nekhibhodi. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple I yayithengiswa ngentengo yobudeveli engu-$666,66, eyayingahlangene nhlobo nezinkolelo zenkolo zabaphathi benkampani. "Ubaba" wekhompiyutha ye-Apple I kwakunguSteve Wozniak, ongagcini nje ngokuyisungula, kodwa futhi wayihlanganisa ngesandla. Ungabona imidwebo kaWozniak kugalari yesihloko.

Ngaleso sikhathi, Imisebenzi yayiphethe kakhulu ohlangothini lwezebhizinisi. Wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuzama ukukholisa abangaba abatshalizimali ukuthi imakethe yekhompiyutha yomuntu siqu izokhula ibe ngamanani angakaze abonwe esikhathini esizayo futhi ngakho-ke kwakunengqondo ukutshala imali kuyo. Omunye walabo uJobs akwazile ukukholisa kwakunguMike Markkula, owaletha utshalomali olukhulu lwengxenye yesine yesigidi samadola enkampanini futhi waba isisebenzi sayo sesithathu kanye nomnikazi wamasheya.

Imisebenzi Engaqondile

Ngo-1977, i-Apple yaba inkampani yomphakathi ngokusemthethweni. Ngokusikisela kukaMarkkul, indoda okuthiwa uMichael Scott ijoyina inkampani futhi iba yi-CEO yokuqala ye-Apple. Imisebenzi yayithathwa njengemincane kakhulu futhi ingaqondiswanga kulesi sikhundla ngaleso sikhathi. Unyaka we-1977 nawo wawubalulekile ku-Apple ngenxa yokwethulwa kwekhompiyutha ye-Apple II, nayo evela eshabhu kaWozniak futhi yaba yimpumelelo enkulu. I-Apple II yayihlanganisa i-VisiCalc, uhlelo lokusebenza lwesipredishithi esiphayona.

Ngo-1978, i-Apple yathola ihhovisi layo lokuqala langempela. Bambalwa abantu ababecabanga ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi ngolunye usuku inkampani yayizozinze endaweni eyinqaba egcwele isakhiwo esiyindilinga esizayo. Ungathola isithombe sohlu lwakwa-Apple ngaleso sikhathi oluhlanganisa u-Elmer Baum, uMike Markkula, uGary Martin, u-Andre Dubois, uSteve Jobs, uSue Cabannis, uMike Scott, uDon Breuner noMark Johnson kugalari yalesi sihloko.

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Ngo-1979, onjiniyela be-Apple bavakashela indawo yelabhorethri ye-Xerox PARC, ngaleso sikhathi eyayikhiqiza amaphrinta we-laser, amagundane neminye imikhiqizo. KwakuseXerox lapho uSteve Jobs akholelwa khona ukuthi ikusasa lekhompiyutha lisekusetshenzisweni kwezithombe zabasebenzisi. Lolu hambo lwezinsuku ezintathu lwenzeka ngokushintshana nethuba lokuthenga amasheya angu-100 we-Apple ngentengo ye-$ 10 ngesheya ngalinye. Ngemva konyaka, kukhishwa ikhompyutha ye-Apple III, okuhloswe ngayo endaweni yebhizinisi ngenhloso yokukwazi ukuncintisana nemikhiqizo ye-IBM ne-Microsoft, bese i-Lisa ene-GUI eshiwo kakade ikhishwa, kodwa ukuthengiswa kwayo kwakukude nalokho. I-Apple ibilindelekile. Ikhompyutha ibibiza kakhulu futhi ibintula usekelo olwanele lwesoftware.

1984

Imisebenzi iqale iphrojekthi yesibili ebizwa nge-Apple Macintosh. Ngesikhathi sokukhululwa kwe-Macintosh yokuqala ngo-1983, uJohn Sculley, lowo u-Jobs ayemlethile e-Pepsi, wathatha ubuholi be-Apple. Ngo-1984, isikhangiso manje esiyisithonjana "1984", siqondiswa u-Ridley Scott, sidlala ku-Super Bowl siphromotha i-Macintosh entsha. Ukuthengiswa kwe-Macintosh bekuhloniphekile, kodwa akwanele ukuphula "ukubusa" kwe-IBM. Ukushuba kwesimo enkampanini kancane kancane kuholele ekuhambeni kukaJobs ngo-1985. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani, uSteve Wozniak naye wayishiya i-Apple, ethi inkampani yayihamba ngendlela engafanele.

Ngo-1991, i-Apple ikhulula i-PowerBook yayo ngesistimu yokusebenza "enemibala" 7. Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye yekhulu leminyaka elidlule, i-Apple kancane kancane yanda ezindaweni eziningi zemakethe - i-Newton MessagePad, isibonelo, yabona ukukhanya kosuku. Kodwa u-Apple wayengeyedwa emakethe: IMicrosoft yayikhula ngempumelelo futhi i-Apple yayihluleka kancane kancane. Ngemva kokushicilela imiphumela yezezimali eyayinedumela elibi ngekota yokuqala ka-1993, u-Sculley kwadingeka esule futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uMichael Spindler, owayesebenze e-Apple kusukela ngo-1980. Ngo-1994, i-Macintosh yokuqala, enikwe amandla yi-PowerPC processor, yakhululwa, futhi i-Apple yathola. kuya kuba nzima ukuncintisana ne-IBM ne-Microsoft.

Buyela phezulu

Ngo-1996, uGil Amelio ungene esikhundleni sikaMichael Spindler ekhanda lika-Apple, kodwa inkampani yama-apula ayihambi kangcono nangaphansi kobuholi bakhe. U-Amelio uthola umbono wokuthenga inkampani yeMisebenzi i-NeXT Computer, futhi ngalokho Imisebenzi ibuyela kwa-Apple. Ukwazile ukukholisa ibhodi yenkampani ehlobo ukuthi imqoke njenge-CEO yesikhashana. Izinto seziqala ukujika zibe ngcono. Ngo-1997, umkhankaso odumile othi "Cabanga Okuhlukile" wajikeleza umhlaba wonke, uhlanganisa abantu abambalwa abaziwayo. U-Jony Ive uqala ukusebenza ekwakhiweni kwe-iMac, eba yingoma yangempela ngo-1998.

Ngo-2001, i-Apple yashintsha i-System 7 ngohlelo lokusebenza lwe-OS X, ngo-2006 inkampani yama-apula yashintshela ku-Intel. USteve Jobs akakwazanga nje ukukhipha i-Apple kokubi kakhulu, kodwa futhi ukuyiholela kwesinye sezinyathelo ezinkulu eziwinayo: ukukhululwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala. Nokho, ukufika kwe-iPod, iPad noma iMacBook nakho kwaba yimpumelelo enkulu. Yize uSteve Jobs engazange aphile ukuze abone ingqophamlando yayizolo ekufinyeleleni inani lesigidigidi samadola, usenengxenye enkulu kukho.

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