Amaya Toman Kuwebhusayithi ye-Jablíčkára, sikhumbula izikhathi ngezikhathi eminye yemikhiqizo eyethulwa yi-Apple esikhathini esidlule. Kuleli sonto, ukukhetha kuwele ku-Powerbook G4 ephathekayo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Isizukulwane sokuqala i-PowerBook G4 yethulwa ku-MacWorld Expo ngoJanuwari 9, 2001. U-Steve Jobs wabe esememezela ukuthi abasebenzisi bazothola izinhlobo ezimbili ezinamaphrosesa angu-400MHz kanye ne-500MHz PowerPC G4. I-chassis eqinile ye-laptop entsha ye-Apple yenziwe nge-titanium, futhi i-PowerBook G4 ingenye yamalaptop okuqala anombukiso wesikrini esibanzi. I-optical disc drive yayiphambi kwekhompuyutha, ithola ikhompuyutha isiteketiso esingekho emthethweni "TiBook". I-PowerBook G4 yathuthukiswa ngu-Jory Bell, u-Nick Merz no-Danny Delulis, futhi ngale modeli i-Apple yayifuna ukuzihlukanisa namalaptop epulasitiki angaphambilini, njenge-iBook enombala noma i-PowerBook G3. Ilogo ye-apula elunywe esivalweni sekhompuyutha ephathekayo izungeziswe ngo-180° uma iqhathaniswa nemodeli yangaphambilini. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, u-Jony Ive uphinde wabamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-PowerBook G4, eyakhuthaza ukubukeka okuncane kwekhompiyutha.
Igalari yezithombe
I-PowerBook G4 enguqulweni ye-titanium yayibukeka iyinhle ngempela ngesikhathi sayo, kodwa ngeshwa yasheshe yaqala ukukhombisa amaphutha athile. Amahinge ale laptop, ngokwesibonelo, aqhekeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngisho nangokusetshenziswa okuvamile. Ngemva kwesikhashana, i-Apple yakhipha izinguqulo ezintsha ze-PowerBooks yayo, esevele iguqule ama-hinges ukuze izinkinga zalolu hlobo zingenzeki. Abanye abasebenzisi baphinde babika izinkinga ngesibonisi, ezidalwe ikhebula levidiyo elingabekwanga kahle kangako. Izigigaba ezingafuneki njengemigqa zivame ukuvela ezibukweni zamanye ama-PowerBooks. Ngo-2003, i-Apple yethula i-aluminium PowerBook G4s, eyayitholakala ngezinhlobo eziyi-12, 15" kanye ne-17". Ngeshwa, ngisho nale modeli yayingenazo izinkinga - isibonelo, kube nezinkinga ngenkumbulo, ukuguqulwa okungafuneki kumodi yokulala noma ukukhubazeka kokubonisa. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-PowerMac G4 yokuqala kwaphela ngo-2003, ukukhiqizwa kwenguqulo ye-aluminium ngo-2006.
