Eminyakeni engu-30 edlule, u-Apple wethula ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu ye-Macintosh eguqukayo

Okokuqala, i-Apple yasakaza ukuthengisa okuyisithonjana manje ngesikhathi se-28th Super Bowl 1984, kwabe sekufika. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ngoJanuwari 24, 1984—cishe eminyakeni engu-30 edlule—uSteve Jobs wethula i-Apple Macintosh. Idivayisi eyashintsha indlela umhlaba wonke owawubheka ngayo amakhompyutha omuntu siqu...

I-Macintosh enegama elithi 128K (inombolo okwakungeyosayizi wenkumbulo yokusebenza ngaleso sikhathi) yayikude nokuba ngeyokuqala kuzo zonke izici. Bekungeyona ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu yokuqala eyethulwa yi-Apple. Futhi kwakungeyona ikhompuyutha yokuqala ukusebenzisa iwindi, izithonjana, nezikhombisi zegundane kusixhumi esibonakalayo. Kwakungeyona ngisho ikhompyutha enamandla kakhulu ngesikhathi sayo.

Kodwa-ke, kwakuyithuluzi elikwazile ukuhlanganisa kahle nokuxhuma zonke izici ezibalulekile kuze kube yilapho ikhompuyutha ye-Apple Macintosh 128K iba ucezu lwensimbi oluyinganekwane eyaqala uchungechunge oluyimpumelelo lweminyaka engamashumi amathathu lwamakhompyutha omuntu akwa-Apple. Ngaphezu kwalokho, cishe kuzoqhubeka eminyakeni ezayo.

I-Macintosh 128K yayineprosesa engu-8MHz, izimbobo ezimbili ze-serial, kanye ne-floppy disk slot engu-3,5-intshi. Isistimu yokusebenza ye-OS 1.0 isebenze ngemonitha eyi-intshi eyisishiyagalolunye emnyama namhlophe, futhi lonke lolu shintsho kumakhompyutha omuntu siqu lubiza u-$2. Okulingana kwanamuhla kuzoba cishe u-$500.

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Ukwethulwa kwe-Macintosh yokuqala kwakumangalisa ngempela. Isikhulumi esikhulu uSteve Jobs akazange akhulume imizuzu emihlanu esiteji phambi kwezilaleli ezishubile. Uveze kuphela umshini omusha ngaphansi kwengubo, futhi emizuzwini elandelayo i-Macintosh yazethula ngehlombe elikhulu ezilalelini.

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Ngisho ne-Apple, eyethulwe kuwebhusayithi yayo, ayikhohlwa iminyaka engamashumi amathathu ikhasi elikhethekile, lapho inikeza khona umugqa wesikhathi oyingqayizivele othwebula wonke ama-Mac kusuka ngo-1984 kuze kube manje. Futhi yayiyini iMac yakho yokuqala, i-Apple iyabuza.