Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: ama-iMacs ngesitayela se-hippie

Engxenyeni yesibili kaFebhuwari, i-Apple yethule ama-iMacs ayo anemibala, akhanyayo ngendlela entsha ngokuphelele, eyamangaza futhi yashaqisa abaningi. Amamodeli e-iMac Flower Power kanye ne-iMac Blue Dalmation ayehloselwe ukubhekisela kusitayela sama-hippie esikhululekile, esimibalabala samashumi ayisithupha.

Okuqhelelene kakhulu nomsebenzi osindayo, umklamo wezimboni we-aluminium ongaba uphawu lwe-Apple iminyaka ezayo, lawa ma-iMac anephethini enemibala aphakathi kwamakhompyutha anesibindi uCupertino ake aqhamuka nawo. I-iMac Flower Power neBlue Dalmatian zimake isiphetho solayini onemibala eminingi owaqala nge-iMac G3 yoqobo ku-Bondi Blue. Ububanzi bubuye bahlanganisa iBlueberry, Strawberry, Lime, Tangerine, Grape, Graphite, Indigo, Ruby, Sage kanye nokuhlukahluka kweqhwa.

Ngesikhathi lapho amakhompiyutha ajwayelekile efika e-chassis engenalutho nempunga, ububanzi bemibala ye-iMacs bubonakale buguquguqukayo. Isebenzise umoya ofanayo wokuzicabangela yedwa owenza isiqubulo sika-Apple esithi "Cabanga Ngokwehlukile". Umbono wawuwukuthi wonke umuntu angakhetha i-Mac emele ubuntu babo kangcono. Ama-iMac anetimu ye-hippie ayeyisikhumbuzo esithile esijabulisayo sesikhathi esidlule se-Apple. Futhi zihambisana ngokuphelele nesiko le-pop langaleso sikhathi - ngeminyaka yawo-60 kanye nokuqala kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka ngesinye isikhathi kwakugcwele i-nostalgia yama-XNUMXs.

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Umsunguli we-Apple, uSteve Jobs, ubelokhu esho njalo ukuthi ugqugquzelwe kakhulu i-counterculture yama-60s. Noma kunjalo, kunzima ukumcabanga etshala i-iMac Flower Power ehhovisi lakhe. Abalandeli be-Casual Mac baphendule ngendlela umuntu angalindela ngayo. Akuwona wonke umuntu owayethanda amakhompyutha amasha, kodwa kwakungeyona iphuzu. Ngenani elithengekayo lika-$1 kuya ku-$199 nama-specs ahloniphekile ebanga eliphakathi (PowerPC G1 499 noma 3 MHz processor, 500 MB noma 600 MB RAM, 64 KB Level 128 cache, CD-RW drive, kanye nemonitha engu-256-intshi), lawa ma-Mac. nakanjani wakhanga uquqaba. Akuwona wonke umuntu owayefuna i-Mac enephethini ehlanyayo, kodwa abanye abantu bathanda la makhompyutha aklanywe ngesibindi.

I-iMac G3, umphumela welinye lamacala okuqala okubambisana okusondele ngempela phakathi kweMisebenzi kanye ne-design guru ye-Apple u-Jony Ive, yaba umnotho omkhulu ngesikhathi u-Apple wayeyidinga ngempela. Ukube i-iMac G3 ayizange idalwe noma iphumelele kanjalo, i-iPod, i-iPhone, i-iPad, nanoma yimiphi eminye imikhiqizo ye-Apple edabukisayo eyalandela kule minyaka eyishumi elandelayo kungenzeka ayizange idalwe.

Ekugcineni, i-Flower Power ne-Blue Dalmatian iMacs ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside. U-Apple waziyeka ngoJulayi ukuze uvule i-iMac G4, eyaqala ukuthunyelwa ngo-2002.