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Agasti 27, 1999 kwaba wusuku lokugcina i-Apple yasebenzisa ngokusemthethweni uphawu lwayo lothingo oluneminyaka engu-22 ubudala. Le logo yothingo bekuyi-motif eyinhloko ye-Apple kusukela ngo-1977, futhi ibone inkampani ngenani lezinyathelo ezibalulekile kanye namaphuzu aguqukayo. Ukushintsha kwelogo ngaleso sikhathi kwamangaza abalandeli abaningi. Nokho, esimweni esibanzi, lesi kwakuyisinyathelo esincane kulokho okwakuwushintsho oluphelele lwenkampani, ngaleso sikhathi olwalusenzeka ngaphansi kwenduku kaSteve Jobs.

Lolu shintsho lwaluhlose ukubuyisela i-Apple endleleni eyayiphambukile kuyo ngeminyaka yawo-90. Futhi ukuguqulwa kwelogo bekukude nesinyathelo esisodwa obekufanele sikubuyisele kule ndlela. Imikhiqizo emisha ivele, ebangeni lemikhiqizo eyenziwe lula kakhulu. Umkhankaso wokukhangisa othi "Cabanga Okuhlukile" uvele, futhi ekugcineni, igama elithi "Computer" lanyamalala egameni lenkampani. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalombili edlule, i-Apple, Inc. "yanamuhla" yadalwa.

I-genesis yelogo ye-Apple iyathakazelisa kakhulu. I-logo yasekuqaleni yayingahlangene ngalutho ne-apula elilunyiwe. Empeleni kwakuwumfanekiso kaSir Isaac Newton ehlezi ngaphansi kwesihlahla sama-apula, ohunyushwa ngesitayela se-Victorian nesicaphuna emaphethelweni ("Umqondo olokhu uzulazula olwandle olungajwayelekile lomcabango, uwedwa."). Yaklanywa umsunguli wesithathu we-Apple, uRon Wayne. I-apula eliyisakhiwo sodumo lavela esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka kamuva.

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Ilogo ye-Apple eminyakeni edlule
Izithombe: Nick DiLallo/Apple

Isabelo sazwakala sicacile. I-logo entsha yayingahloselwe ukuthi ibe yinhle futhi kufanele ngandlela thize iqukathe ukuhunyushwa kwesikrini sombala esasiguquguquka ngaleso sikhathi sekhompyutha ye-Apple II. Umklami uRob Janoff uqhamuke nomklamo cishe wonke umuntu owazi namuhla. Isiqephu esilunyiwe bekufanele sibe uhlobo lomhlahlandlela ezimweni zokukhulisa noma ukunciphisa uphawu - ukugcina izilinganiso zalo. Futhi ngokwengxenye kwakuyi-pun egameni elithi ifulethi. Amabha ombala abe esebhekisela ekubonisweni kombala okungu-16 kukhompyutha ye-Apple II.

Eminyakeni engu-18 edlule, lolu phawu olumibalabala lwathathelwa indawo olumnyama olulula, lwaphinde lwapendwe kabusha, kulokhu lusemthunzini wesiliva ukuze lufane nensimbi epholishiwe. Ushintsho olusuka kulogo olunemibala yoqobo lwaphawula ukuzalwa kabusha kwenkampani kanye nokuguqukela kwayo ekhulwini lama-21. Ngaleso sikhathi, nokho, akekho owayenombono wokuthi i-Apple enkulu ngelinye ilanga izoba yini.

Umthombo: I-Cultofmac

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