Amaya Toman Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-G3 iMacs yayo enemibala egqamile ngasekupheleni kwawo-4, kwaba sobala kuwo wonke umuntu ukuthi yayingeke ihlale ilandela izivumelwano zomhlaba wonke uma kuziwa ekwakhiweni kwekhompyutha. Ukufika kwe-iMac GXNUMX eminyakeni embalwa kamuva kwaqinisekisa le nkolelo-mbono. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sizobukeza kafushane umlando "wesibani" esimhlophe esivela ku-workshop ye-Apple.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Apple yethule inguqulo yokuqala ye-iMac G4 yayo, eyaziwa nangokuthi "isibani", ngoJanuwari 2002. I-iMac G4 yaziqhenya ngokubukeka okuyingqayizivele ngempela. Yayifakwe isibonisi se-LCD esibekwe emlenzeni olungisekayo onesisekelo se-hemispherical. I-iMac G4 ine-optical drive futhi ifakwe i-PowerPC G4 74xx series processor. Isisekelo esishiwo ngenhla esinobubanzi obungu-10,6” sifihle zonke izingxenye zangaphakathi, njengebhodi lomama kanye ne-hard drive.
Ngokungafani neyandulelayo, i-iMac G3, eyayitholakala ngepulasitiki eshintshashintshayo ngemibala ehlukahlukene, i-iMac G4 yayithengiswa kuphela ngombala omhlophe ogqamile. Kanye nekhompyutha, abasebenzisi baphinde bathola Ikhibhodi ye-Apple Pro kanye ne-Apple Mouse, futhi uma benentshisekelo, bangakwazi futhi uku-oda izipikha ze-Apple Pro. Yiqiniso, ikhompuyutha yayifakwe izikhulumi zayo zangaphakathi, kodwa ayizange ifinyelele izinga elinjalo lomsindo.
Igalari yezithombe
I-iMac G4, ekuqaleni eyayibizwa nge-iMac entsha, yathengiswa eceleni kwe-iMac G3 izinyanga ezimbalwa. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple yayivalelisa kubaqaphi be-CRT ngamakhompiyutha ayo, kodwa ubuchwepheshe be-LCD babubiza kakhulu, futhi ngemva kokuphela kokuthengiswa kwe-iMac G3, iphothifoliyo yakwa-Apple yayizoswela ikhompuyutha engabizi kakhulu eyayizofanelekela umkhakha wezemfundo. Kungakho i-Apple yaqhamuka ne-eMac yayo ngo-Ephreli 2002. I-iMac entsha yasheshe yathola igama lesidlaliso "isibani", futhi i-Apple iphinde yagcizelela ezikhangisweni zayo ukuthi kungenzeka ukulungisa isimo sokuqapha kwayo. I-iMac yokuqala ibe ne-diagonal yesibonisi engama-intshi angu-15, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inguqulo engu-17" ngisho no-20" yengezwa.
