U-Michal Ždanský Kwakungu-1999, futhi kwakungesinye sezihluthulelo ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Apple. USteve Jobs usanda kubuya ukuzosindisa inkampani ehluleka kancane yena noSteve Wozniak abake bayisungula egaraji lakhe. Ngalobo busuku, uSteve wayezokwethula imikhiqizo emine eyinhloko.
Iquartet yamakhompiyutha ibiyingxenye yesu elisha, ukwenza iphothifoliyo ibe lula ibe yimikhiqizo emine eyinhloko ezonquma ikusasa lenkampani yakwa-Apple. 2 × 2 isikwele matrix, umsebenzisi × professional, ideskithophu × ephathekayo. Okukhanga okukhulu kunawo wonke isethulo kwakuyi-iMac, eyaba uphawu lwamakhompyutha we-Macintosh iminyaka eminingana ezayo. Idizayini enemibalabala, edlalwayo nentsha, abangaphakathi abahle, idrayivu ye-CD-ROM ethatha isikhundla se-floppy disk drive esiphelelwe yisikhathi, konke lokhu bekuyimitobo yokubuyisela inkampani emdlalweni.
Ngalobo busuku, nokho, uSteve wayenomkhiqizo owodwa ngaphezulu, ikhompuyutha ephathekayo eyenzelwe abasebenzisi abajwayelekile - i-iBook. Lo manduleli we-MacBooks ugqugquzelwe kakhulu yi-iMac, ikakhulukazi ngokuya ngomklamo. USteve akazange abize lutho nge-iMac yokuhamba. Ipulasitiki enombala obala obala embozwe ngenjoloba enemibala, kwakuyinto entsha ngokuphelele ngaleso sikhathi, eyayingabonwa ezincwadini zokubhalela zendabuko. Ukuma kwayo kwenze i-iBook yaqanjwa ngokuthi "clamshell".
I-iBook yagqama hhayi kuphela ngomklamo wayo, ohlanganisa ibhande elakhelwe ngaphakathi, kodwa futhi nezici zayo, ezihlanganisa iphrosesa ye-300 Mhz PowerPC, ihluzo ezinamandla ze-ATI, i-hard drive engu-3 GB kanye ne-256 MB yememori yokusebenza. I-Apple inikeze le khompyutha ngo-$1, okwakuyinani elihle kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Lokho bekuyokwanela ngomkhiqizo ophumelelayo, kodwa bekungeke kube uSteve Jobs uma engenakho okunye okufihlwe kude, odumile wakhe. Into eyodwa ngaphezulu…
Ngo-1999, i-Wi-Fi yayiwubuchwepheshe obusafufusa, futhi kubasebenzisi abavamile, kwakuyinto ababengayifunda kahle kakhulu komagazini bezobuchwepheshe. Ngaleso sikhathi, abantu abaningi babexhumeke ku-inthanethi besebenzisa intambo ye-Ethernet. Nakuba imvelaphi yobuchwepheshe ngokwayo ihlehlela emuva ku-1985, i-Wi-Fi Alliance, eyaba nesandla ekukhuthazeni lobu buchwepheshe kanye nokuthola amalungelo obunikazi adingekayo, yasungulwa ngemva kweminyaka engu-14 kuphela. Izinga le-IEEE 802.11, okwaziwa nge-Wireless Fidelity, laqala ukuvela kumadivayisi ambalwa cishe ngo-1999, kodwa ayikho neyodwa yawo eyayihloselwe uquqaba.
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Ngasekupheleni kwenkulumo eyisihluthulelo, Imisebenzi ibonise ezinye zezinto ezingenziwa nge-laptop entsha. Ukukhombisa ikhwalithi yesibonisi, wavula isiphequluli sewebhu waqonda kuwebhusayithi ye-Apple. Ubalule ngokuncokola ukusakazwa kwewebhu okuqhubekayo (okusakazwa bukhoma), abakhona abangaya ukuyokubuka. Kuthe kusenjalo wathatha i-iBook wayithatha wayiyisa enkabeni yesiteji, esabheka indawo ye-CNN. Labo ababekhona bathakaselwa, okwalandelwa ukushaywa kwehlombe okukhulu nokujabula okukhulu. Ngaleso sikhathi, uSteve Jobs waqhubeka nesethulo sakhe njengokungathi akwenzekanga lutho futhi waqhubeka nokulayisha amakhasi kude nokufinyelela kunoma iyiphi intambo ye-Ethernet.
Ukwengeza kumlingo wokuxhumana okungenantambo, wathatha ihuku elilungisiwe ngesinye isandla wadonsa i-iBook ukuze acacisele umuntu wokugcina ezilalelini ukuthi zazingekho izintambo noma kuphi nokuthi ababekubona kwakuyisiqalo se enye inguquko encane, inguquko ekuxhumaneni okungenantambo. “Azikho izintambo. Kwenzakalani lapha?” uSteve ebuza umbuzo ongasho lutho. Ube esememezela ukuthi i-iBook ihlanganisa ne-AirPort, inethiwekhi engenantambo. Ngakho i-iBook yaba ikhompuyutha yokuqala eyenzelwe imakethe yabathengi ukufaka lobu buchwepheshe obusha.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-router yokuqala ehlinzeka nge-Wi-Fi hotsport - I-AirPort Base Station - yethulwa, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obungenawaya emakhaya nasezinkampanini. Inguqulo yokuqala ifinyelele ku-11 Mbps. Ngakho u-Apple wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokwandisa ubuchwepheshe obungaziwa abantu abaningi ngendlela uSteve Jobs kuphela ayengayenza. Namuhla, i-Wi-Fi iyindinganiso ephelele kithi, ngo-1999 kwakuyimfashini yobuchwepheshe eyakhulula abasebenzisi esidingweni sokusebenzisa intambo ukuxhuma ku-inthanethi. Kwakuyi-MacWorld 1999, enye yezimpawu ezibalulekile ze-Apple emlandweni wenkampani.
[yenza isenzo="ithiphu"/] I-MacWorld 1999 ibe nezinye izikhathi ezimbalwa ezithakazelisayo. Isibonelo, yonke isethulo ayizange yethulwe nguSteve Jobs, kodwa ngumlingisi uNoah Wyle, owathi wangena esiteji kusiginesha yeMisebenzi emnyama i-turtleneck namajini aluhlaza. UNowa Wyle udlale uSteve Jobs efilimini ethi, Pirates of Silicon Valley, eyangena ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi ngawo lowo nyaka.
1999, iminyaka emihle.. Futhi uSteve wayesengumqemane ngaleso sikhathi.... Ngiyazithanda lezi zinto ezindala… Futhi ngiyamzwela ngempela uSteve… Ubengumuntu obona imibono….
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