Amaya Toman Ngemuva kwekhefu elifushane, sikulethela enye ingxenye yekholomu yethu, lapho sigxila khona kumaphrofayili amafushane abaphathi be-Apple. Kulokhu kwaba yithuba likaBob Mansfield, owasebenza kwa-Apple ezikhundleni eziphezulu iminyaka eminingi.
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UBob Mansfield uphothule eNyuvesi yaseTexas ngo-1982. Ngesikhathi esebenza, wabamba isikhundla somqondisi omkhulu eSilicon Graphics International, isibonelo, kodwa wabuye wasebenza eRaycer Graphics, kamuva eyathengwa u-Apple ngo-1999. IMansfield yaba ngomunye wabasebenzi benkampani yaseCupertino ngemuva kokutholwa. Lapha wathola umsebenzi wokuba iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Mac hardware engineering, futhi imisebenzi yakhe yayihlanganisa, isibonelo, ukwengamela amaqembu ayephethe i-iMac, MacBook, MacBook Air, kodwa ne-iPad. Ngo-Agasti 2010, iMansfield yathatha izintambo zokwengamela izinsiza zehardware kulandela ukuhamba kukaMark Papemaster futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi iminyaka emibili.
Kodwa-ke, kwakuwukusuka "kwephepha" kuphela - uMansfield waqhubeka nokuhlala e-Apple, lapho ayesebenza khona ikakhulukazi "kumaphrojekthi wesikhathi esizayo" angashiwongo futhi wabika ngokuqondile kuTim Cook. Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 2012, i-Apple yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi izophathisa iMansfield isikhundla esisha sokuba iphini likamongameli omkhulu wezobuchwepheshe - lokhu kwenzeka ngemuva kokuhamba kukaScott Forstall enkampanini. Kodwa iphrofayili kaMansfield ayizange ifudumale isikhathi eside ohlwini lwabaphathi be-Apple - ehlobo lika-2013, i-biography yakhe yanyamalala kuwebhusayithi efanelekile ye-Apple, kodwa inkampani yaqinisekisa ukuthi uBob Mansfield uzoqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukiseni "amaphrojekthi akhethekile. ngaphansi kobuholi bukaTim Cook". Igama likaMansfield lake lahlotshaniswa nokuthuthukiswa kwe-Apple Car, kodwa iphrojekthi efanele isanda kuthathwa nguJohn Giannandrea, futhi ngokusho kuka-Apple, iMansfield yathatha umhlalaphansi unomphela.
