Amaya Toman Kuwebhusayithi ye-Jablíčkára, sikhumbula izikhathi ngezikhathi eminye yemikhiqizo eyethulwa yi-Apple esikhathini esidlule. Kuleli sonto, ukukhetha kuwele ku-Power Mac G4 Cube - "i-cube" yesitayela edumile, ngeshwa engazange ihlangabezane nempumelelo u-Apple ayeyilindele ekuqaleni.
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Abasebenzisi abaningi futhi bayazi i-Power Mac G4 ngaphansi kwesidlaliso "cube". Lo mshini, owethulwe yi-Apple ngoJulayi 2000, wawumumo we-cube futhi ubukhulu bawo bebungamasentimitha angama-20 x 20 x 25. Njenge-iMac G3, i-Power Mac G4 ngokwengxenye yenziwe ngepulasitiki esobala futhi imbozwe nge-acrylic, futhi ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinto kunikeza umbono wokuntanta emoyeni. I-Power Mac G4 yayifakwe idrayivu yokubona futhi inomsebenzi wokupholisa okwenziwayo, okunikezwa igridi phezulu. Imodeli eyisisekelo ifakwe iphrosesa engu-450 MHz G4, 64MB ye-RAM kanye ne-hard drive engu-20GB, futhi yayifakwe nekhadi levidiyo le-ATI Rage 128 Pro.
Igalari yezithombe
Nakuba imodeli eyisisekelo yayingathengwa ezitolo zezitini nodaka, imodeli ethuthukisiwe inga-odwa kuphela nge-Apple e-shop. Ukuze kuzuzwe ifomu nomklamo oyifunayo, i-Power Mac G4 ibintula noma yiziphi izikhala zokunweba futhi ibintula okokufaka okulalelwayo nokuphumayo - esikhundleni salokho, le modeli yathengiswa ngezipikha ze-Harman Kardon kanye ne-amplifier yedijithali. Umqondo wokuklama i-Power Mac G4 wazalwa ekhanda likaSteve Jobs, owathi, ngokusho kwamazwi akhe, wayefuna ukuklama okuncane kakhulu okungenzeka. Ukugcwaliseka kwemibono yakhe kwaqinisekiswa yiqembu elinomthwalo wemfanelo eliholwa umklami uJony Ivo, owanquma ukungalandeli umkhuba wangaleso sikhathi we "imibhoshongo" yekhompyutha.
I-Power Mac G4 Cube yethulwa e-Macworld Expo ngoJulayi 19, 2000 njengengxenye ye-One More Thing. Kubantu abaningi, lokhu kwakungeyona isimangaliso esikhulu, ngoba ngisho nangaphambi kwengqungquthela kwakukhona ukuqagela ukuthi i-Apple yayilungiselela ikhompyutha yalolu hlobo. Izimpendulo zokuqala ngokuvamile zazizinhle - ukuklanywa kwekhompuyutha kwanconywa ngokukhethekile - kodwa futhi kwakukhona ukugxekwa okuqondiswe, isibonelo, ekuzweleni kokuthinta okwedlulele kwenkinobho yokucisha. Kodwa-ke, ukuthengiswa kwale modeli akuzange kuhambe kahle njengoba i-Apple yayilindele ekuqaleni, ngakho yehliswa ngo-2001. Nokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abanye abasebenzisi baqala ukubika ukubonakala kwemifantu ebusweni bekhompiyutha yabo, okuqondakalayo ukuthi ayizange ibe nomthelela omuhle kakhulu esimeni se "cube". NgoJulayi 2001, i-Apple yakhipha isitatimende sabezindaba yathi ibimisa ukukhiqizwa nokuthengiswa kwale modeli ngenxa yesidingo esiphansi.
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