Amaya Toman Iphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wamakhompyutha avela kushabhu ye-Apple ihluke kakhulu. Akukho okungamangaza ngakho - umlando wemishini yama-apula ubhalwe ngokuyisisekelo kusukela ekuqaleni kwenkampani, futhi kusukela lapho amamodeli ahlukahlukene anemiklamo ehlukene nemingcele abone ukukhanya kosuku. Mayelana nokubukeka, i-Apple izamile ukungahambisani namakhompyutha ayo. Obunye bobufakazi, ngokwesibonelo, i-Power Mac G4 Cube, esiyikhumbulayo esihlokweni sethu namuhla.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ake siqale mhlawumbe kancane ngokungajwayelekile - kusukela ekugcineni. Ngomhla zi-3 kuJulayi 2001, i-Apple yayeka ikhompyutha ye-Power Mac G4 Cube, okwathi ngendlela yayo yaba enye yezinkinga eziphawuleka kakhulu zenkampani. Nakuba i-Apple ishiya umnyango uvuliwe ukuze kuqalwe kabusha ukukhiqizwa esikhathini esizayo lapho i-Power Mac G4 Cube isiyekwa, lokhu ngeke kwenzeke - kunalokho, i-Apple izoqala ukushintshela kumakhompyutha anama-G5 processors futhi kamuva ashintshele kuma-processor asuka. I-workshop ye-Intel.
I-Power Mac G4 Cube imele ushintsho ekuqondeni kwe-Apple. Amakhompyutha afana ne-iMac G3 enemibala egqamile kakhulu kanye ne-iBook G3 adonse ukunaka okukhulu ngemuva kokubuyela kweMisebenzi eCupertino, okuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple iyahluka “kumabhokisi” e-beige angaleso sikhathi. Umklami u-Jony Ive wayethanda kakhulu indlela entsha, kuyilapho uSteve Jobs wayethakazelisa ngokusobala ukwakhiwa kwe-cube, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi akekho "ama-cubes" akhe angaphambili - ikhompyutha ye-NeXT Cube - eyaphumelela kakhulu kwezohwebo.
Igalari yezithombe
I-Power Mac G4 yayihluke ngokuphelele. Esikhundleni sombhoshongo ojwayelekile, ithathe isimo sekhiyubhu yepulasitiki ecacile engu-7" x 7", futhi isisekelo esisobala sayenza yabonakala sengathi intanta emoyeni. Iphinde yasebenza cishe ngokuthula okuphelele, njengoba ukupholisa akuzange kunikezwe umlandeli wendabuko. I-Power Mac G4 Cube iphinde yenza i-debut yayo nomanduleli wokulawula ukuthinta, ngendlela yenkinobho yokuvala shaqa. Idizayini yekhompuyutha inikeze abasebenzisi ukufinyelela okulula ezingxenyeni zangaphakathi ukuze zilungiswe noma zinwetshwe, okuyinto engavamile kakhulu kumakhompyutha akwa-Apple. USteve Jobs ngokwakhe wayenomdlandla ngale modeli futhi wayibiza ngokuthi "ikhompyutha emangalisayo kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona", kodwa i-Power Mac G4 Cube ngeshwa ayizange ihlangane nesithakazelo esikhulu kubasebenzisi. I-Apple ikwazile ukuthengisa amayunithi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-150 kuphela ale modeli emangalisayo, okwakuyingxenye yesithathu yohlelo lokuqala.
"Abanikazi bayawathanda ama-Cubes abo, kodwa amakhasimende amaningi akhetha ukuthenga imibhoshongo yethu encane ye-Power Mac G4 esikhundleni," kusho isikhulu sezokukhangisa sakwa-Apple uPhil Schiller esitatimendeni esihlobene ne-Power Mac G4 Cube efakwa eqhweni. U-Apple uvumile ukuthi kukhona "ithuba elincane" lokuthi imodeli ebuyekeziwe izofika ngokuzayo, kodwa futhi yavuma ukuthi ayinazo izinhlelo ezinjalo, okungenani esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo.
