Vala isikhangiso

Ngemva kokubuyela ekhanda lika-Apple ngo-1997, Imisebenzi yaqeda ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo ethile. Lezi kakhulu azingenanga kwiphothifoliyo yenkampani yeCupertino noma bekungekho sidingo sazo kumakhasimende okugcina. Bheka imikhiqizo emihlanu ebingenayo indawo emhlabeni. Enye yazo yayiyindalo yeMisebenzi.

Pippin

I-Pippin yathuthukiswa njengenkundla ye-multimedia esekelwe ku-PowerPC Macs. Nakuba yayibukeka njengekhonsoli yegeyimu - egcwele izilawuli ezimise okukabhanana - yayihloselwe ukusebenza njengesiteshi semultimedia. Izihloko ze-Pippin zashicilelwa ku-CD-ROM, lapho isistimu yokusebenza ngokwayo nayo yayikhona. Inkundla yePippin ibingenayo inkumbulo yangaphakathi.

Enye inkampani eyagunyaza uPippin kwakunguBandai ngo-1994. Umphumela waba idivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi Bandai Pippin @World, ongayithenga kokubili okumnyama nokumhlophe. Ngeshwa, yayingasekho indawo emakethe yalolu cingo. Amakhonsoli afana ne-Nintendo 64, i-Sony Playstation ne-Sega Saturn abambe izikhundla zawo ngokuqinile, ngakho le phrojekthi yanqanyulwa ngo-1997. Sekukonke, amadivaysi ayi-1996 asebenzisa i-Pippin athengiswe phakathi kuka-1998 no-12. Ithegi yentengo yayingu-$000.

Newton

Inkundla ye-Newton yama-PDA yethulwa emphakathini ngo-1993 ngedivayisi ye-MessagePad. Ngokusho kwenhloko yangaleso sikhathi yakwa-Apple, uJohn Sculley, amadivaysi afanayo bekufanele abe yingxenye yempilo yansuku zonke. Ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi kungenzeka ama-Macs, imodeli encane (9×12″) yethulwa ngaphezu kwemodeli enkulu (4,5×7″).

I-MessagePad yokuqala yagxekwa ngokunganaki kahle kokubhala ngesandla kanye nempilo yebhethri ye-AAA embi. Naphezu kwalokhu kushiyeka, lapho ukusatshalaliswa kuqala, amayunithi angu-5 000 athengiswa phakathi namahora, abiza u-$800 lilinye. Nakuba iNewton ingakaze ibe yi-flop noma i-sales hit, Imisebenzi yaqeda ukuba khona kwayo ngo-1997. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, i-Apple yaqhamuka nenye inkundla eyashintsha ngokuphelele umhlaba wamadivayisi eselula - iOS.

Iminyaka engu-20 ye-Mac

Inenani elingaphezulu - lelo igama elichaza le khompyutha (TAM - Twentieth Anniversary Mac) eyenzelwe iminyaka engu-20 kwasungulwa i-Apple. Walethwa ekhaya ngemoto yohlobo lwe-limousine, umshayeli egqoke i-tuxedo namagilavu ​​amhlophe. Impela i-TAM ikuvumbululele yona futhi yayisetha endaweni oyishilo. Isistimu yomsindo ye-Bose nayo yahlinzekwa nge-TAM. Ikhibhodi yayinezindawo zokuphumuza izihlakala.

I-TAM yayimiselwe ukwehluleka okusobala. Ngenani lama- $ 9, akukho okunye obekungalindelwa, ikakhulukazi lapho i-PowerMac 995 ikhishwe ngenyanga edlule ngokucushwa okucishe kufane kwengxenye yesihlanu yenani. KUKHONA isaphulelo ku-$6500 ngemva konyaka kudayiswa ngo-March 1998 ukuze ukunyamalala kusuka ezinqolobaneni.

klony

Ngo-1994, i-Apple yayine-7% yemakethe yekhompyutha yomuntu siqu. Ukuze kwandiswe lesi sibalo, abaphathi banqume ukuqala ukunikeza amalayisense uhlelo lwayo kwabanye abakhiqizi abanjengoDayStar, Motorola, Power Computing noma Umax. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuthi ama-clones engene emakethe, isabelo se-OS enelayisensi asizange sikhule nganoma iyiphi indlela, ngokuphambene nalokho, ukuthengiswa kwamakhompyutha we-Apple kwehle. Ngenhlanhla, ilayisensi imboze kuphela i-System 7 (evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Mac OS 7).

Lapho ebuya, Imisebenzi yalugxeka uhlelo futhi ayizange ilubuyisele ku-Mac OS 8. Ngaleyo ndlela i-Apple iphinde yalawula i-hardware lapho iMac OS isebenza khona. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube muva nje babe nenkinga encane nge-Psystar clones.

Cube

Imikhiqizo emine edlule ibisemhlabeni ngaphambi kokuthi Imisebenzi ibuyele kwa-Apple. I-Cube yakhululwa kuphela ngoJulayi 2000, enephrosesa engu-4MHz G450, i-hard drive engu-20GB, engu-64MB ye-RAM nge-$1. Leyo bekungelona inani elibi kangako, kepha iCube ibingenazo izikhala ze-PCI noma okuphumayo okujwayelekile komsindo.

Amakhasimende ayengenaso isizathu sokufuna iCube, ngoba ngo-$1 ayengathenga i-PowerMac G599—ngakho kwakungadingeki athenge imonitha eyengeziwe. Kulandelwe isaphulelo sika-$4 noshintsho lwehadiwe. Kodwa nalokho akusizanga, ngakho-ke ikhiyubhu esobala eyaklanywa u-Jonathan Ive yagcina isiyi-flop. I-Cube ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi o Ingane yemisebenzi.

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