Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-Apple yalithola kanjani igama elithi Macintosh

Ngaphambi kwe-iPhone, umkhiqizo oyisakhiwo sodumo ovela ku-workshop ye-Apple kwakuyikhompyutha ye-Macintosh. Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili yekhulu leminyaka elidlule, lapho i-Macintosh yokuqala ibona ukukhanya kosuku, kodwa inkampani ye-Cupertino yayingenalo uphawu lokuthengisa oluhambisanayo. Lwalunjani uhambo luka-Apple lokuba negama le-Macintosh?

Unyaka kwakungu-1982. Incwadi eyasayinwa yena uSteve Jobs yafika eMcIntosh Laboratory, eyayizinze eBirmingham ngaleso sikhathi. Encwadini eshiwo, umsunguli kanye nenhloko ye-Apple ucele abaphathi be-McIntosh Laboratory imvume yokusebenzisa uhlobo lwe-Macintosh. I-McIntosh Laboratory (ekuqaleni yayiyi-McIntosh) yasungulwa ngo-1946 nguFrank McIntosh noGordon Gow, futhi yayisebenza ekwakhiweni kwama-amplifiers neminye imikhiqizo yomsindo. Igama lenkampani ngokusobala liphefumulelwe igama lomsunguli wayo, kuyilapho igama lekhompyutha yesikhathi esizayo ye-Apple (eyayisesesigabeni sokuthuthuka nokucwaninga ngesikhathi sokufaka isicelo seMisebenzi) lalisekelwe ezinhlobonhlobo zama-apula umdali. wephrojekthi yeMacintosh uJef Raskin wathandana naye. Kubikwa ukuthi u-Raskin unqume ukuqamba amakhompyutha ngama-apula ahlukahlukene ngoba uthole amagama abantu besifazane bekhompyutha athanda ubulili kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Apple wayazi mayelana nokuba khona kwenkampani ye-McIntosh Laboratory, futhi ngenxa yokukhathazeka mayelana nengxabano yophawu lokuthengisa okungenzeka ukuthi yayikhona, banquma ukusebenzisa uhlobo oluhlukile olubhaliwe lwamagama amakhompyutha abo esikhathi esizayo.

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Kwakungekho ukuvumelana kwa-Apple mayelana nephrojekthi ye-Macintosh. Nakuba uJef Raskin ekuqaleni wayenombono wekhompiyutha eyayizofinyeleleka kuwo wonke umuntu ngangokunokwenzeka, Imisebenzi yayinombono ohlukile - kunalokho, wayefuna ikhompuyutha eyayizoba engcono kakhulu etholakala esigabeni sayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi intengo yayo. Okunye abavumelene ngakho bobabili yigama lekhompyutha. “Sinamathele kakhulu egameni likaMacintosh,” kubhala uSteve Jobs encwadini yakhe ayibhalela umengameli weMcIntosh Laboratory uGordon Gow ngaleso sikhathi. U-Apple wayekholelwa ukuthi izokwazi ukwenza isivumelwano neMcIntosh Laboratory, kodwa uma kwenzeka, isenayo igama elithi MAC njengesifinyezo se-Mouse-Activated Computer ibekelwe amakhompyutha ayo azayo. Ngenhlanhla yakwa-Apple, uGordon Gow ukhombise ukuzimisela ukuxoxisana nabakwa-Jobs, futhi wanikeza imvume yakwa-Apple yokusebenzisa igama elithi Macintosh ngemuva kokukhokha isamba sezimali - okwakuthiwe silinganiselwa emakhulwini ezinkulungwane zamaRandi.