Amaya Toman Bambalwa abantu namuhla abazi ukuthi i-iMac yokuqala emlandweni yayibukeka kanjani. Le khompuyutha yama-apula ibone izinguquko eziphawulekayo mayelana nomklamo kanye nemishini yangaphakathi phakathi nokuba khona kwayo. Njengengxenye yeminyaka engamashumi amabili ye-iMac, masikhumbule ukuqala kwayo.
Abantu abaningi namuhla bayavuma ukuthi inkathi yokukhula okumangalisayo kwe-Apple nokuthuthela kwayo esikhundleni senkampani ebaluleke kakhulu e-United States yaqala ngesikhathi lapho i-iMac yokuqala ibona ukukhanya kosuku. Ngaphambi kwalokho, i-Apple ibhekane nezinkinga ezimbalwa futhi isikhundla sayo emakethe sasisongelwa kakhulu. Lolu shintsho obelulindelwe isikhathi eside noluthandazelwe lwenzeka ngo-1997, lapho umsunguli wayo uSteve Jobs ebuyela enkampanini yama-apula waphinde wama ekhanda. Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka kamuva, Imisebenzi yethula umhlaba ngomshini omusha sha we-Apple: i-iMac. Iminyaka engamashumi amabili yabakhona futhi yakhunjulwa ku-Twitter yi-CEO yamanje ye-Apple, u-Tim Cook.
Eminyakeni engu-20 edlule namuhla, uSteve wethula umhlaba ku-iMac. Ibeke i-Apple esifundweni esisha futhi yashintsha unomphela indlela abantu ababuka ngayo amakhompyutha. pic.twitter.com/GbKno7YBHl
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) Kwangathi 6, 2018
Ikhompiyutha entsha evela kwa-Apple kakade yayibukeka ingafani nanoma yini abasebenzisi ababengayibona kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Ngaleso sikhathi intengo yokudayisa engu-$1299, i-Apple yayithengisa lokho u-Jobs ngokwakhe akuchaza ngokuthi "ithuluzi elimangalisayo lekusasa." “Yonke le nto isobala, ungabheka kuyo. Kuhle kakhulu,” kujabula u-Jobs, ephinde ekhombe isibambo, esiphezu kwekhompyutha ehlanganisa yonke into elingana nohhavini wesimanje oyi-microwave. "Ngaphandle kwalokho - le nto ibukeka ingcono kakhulu ngemuva kunezinye eziningi eziqhamuka phambili," esho, ebambe iqhaza emncintiswaneni.
I-iMac yayihamba phambili. NgoJanuwari 1999, esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka iqalile, inzuzo yekota ye-Apple yaphindeka kathathu, futhi iSan Francisco Chronicle ngokushesha yathi le mpumelelo ibangelwa ukukhuphuka kwesidingo se-iMac entsha. Ukufika kwayo kuphinde kwamemezela inkathi yemikhiqizo yama-apula eno"i" omncane egameni. Ngo-2001, insizakalo ye-iTunes yethulwa, okwalandelwa kamuva isizukulwane sokuqala se-iPod yoguquko, ukufika kwe-iPhone ngo-2007 kanye ne-iPad ngo-2010 kakade ikwazile ukubhalwa ngokungenakucimeka emlandweni wemboni yezobuchwepheshe. Namuhla sekunesizukulwane sesikhombisa se-iMacs emhlabeni, esingafani nesokuqala nakancane. Uke waba nethuba lokuzama ukusebenza neyodwa yama-iMac okuqala? Yini ekuhlabe umxhwele kakhulu ngabo?
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