Amaya Toman Sekuyisikhathi eside ama-laptops ephakathi kwemikhiqizo ethandwa kakhulu evela ku-workshop ye-Apple. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba inkampani yeCupertino yethule ama-MacBooks ayo adumile emhlabeni, iphinde yakhiqiza nama-iBooks. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sizokukhumbuza nge-iBook G3 - ikhompuyutha ephathekayo yepulasitiki enemibala enomklamo ongajwayelekile.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ngo-1999, i-Apple yethula ikhompuyutha yayo entsha ephathekayo ebizwa nge-iBook. Kwakuyi-iBook G3, eyaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Clamshell ngenxa yomklamo wayo ongajwayelekile. I-iBook G3 yayihloselwe abathengi abajwayelekile futhi yayitholakala - efana ne-iMac G3 - ngenguqulo yepulasitiki enombala okhanyayo. USteve Jobs wethula i-iBook G3 ngoJulayi 21, 1999 engqungqutheleni yangaleso sikhathi ye-Macworld. I-iBook G3 ifakwe iphrosesa ye-PowerPC G3 futhi ifakwe imbobo ye-USB ne-Ethernet. Iphinde yaba i-laptop yokuqala evamile ukuziqhayisa ngezingxenye zokuxhumana ezingenazintambo ezihlanganisiwe. I-bezel yesibonisi ibifakwe i-antenna engenantambo exhunywe ekhadini elingenantambo langaphakathi.
Igalari yezithombe
I-iBook ithole ukugxekwa okuvela ezindaweni ezithile ngenxa yokuthi yayinkulu futhi iqinile kune-PowerBook naphezu kokucaciswa okuphansi, kodwa ukuklama kwayo kwangempela, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwenze ukuba "isebenze" kumafilimu amaningi nochungechunge. Lesi siqeshana sagcina sithole ukuduma kancane phakathi kwabasebenzisi abavamile. Ngo-2000, i-Apple yethula i-iBook G3 Special Edition yayo ngombala wegraphite, kamuva nje kancane ngawo lowo nyaka kwaba khona ne-iBook enokuxhumana kwe-FireWire kanye nemibala ethi Indigo, Graphite kanye ne-Key Lime. I-Apple yashiya idizayini eyindilinga yama-iBooks ayo ngo-2001, lapho yethula i-iBook G3 Snow ngokubukeka kwendabuko “kwe-notebook”. Yayitholakala ngombala omhlophe, ilula ngo-30% kune-iBook G3 yesizukulwane sokuqala, futhi ithatha indawo encane. Yayifakwe imbobo ye-USB eyengeziwe futhi iphinde inikeze isibonisi sokucaca okuphezulu.
