Amaya Toman Kwenye yezingxenye zangaphambilini zochungechunge lwethu olunikezelwe emlandweni we-Apple, sibheke ezentengiso zango-1984 i-Apple ezisebenzisa ukukhuthaza i-Macintosh yayo yokuqala. Namuhla, ukuze senze ushintsho, sizogxila ngosuku lapho i-Macintosh yokuqala ikhishwe ngokusemthethweni. I-Macintosh 128K edume ngokushaya amashalofu esitolo ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 1984.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Iletha igundane nesithombe esibonakalayo somsebenzisi esixukwini, futhi simenyezelwa isikhangiso se-Super Bowl esaziwa manje, isizukulwane sokuqala i-Mac yasheshe yaba enye yamakhompyutha omuntu abaluleke kakhulu ake akhululwa ngaleso sikhathi. Umsuka wephrojekthi ye-Mac ubuyela emuva ekupheleni kwawo-70 kanye nomdali wokuqala we-Macintosh, u-Jef Raskin. Wabe eseqhamuka nombono wenguquko wokudala ikhompuyutha yomuntu siqu esebenziseka kalula wonke umuntu akwazi ukuyikhokhela. Ngaleso sikhathi, isikhathi lapho amakhompiyutha omuntu ayeyingxenye ebalulekile yemishini yemizi eminingi yayisekude kakhulu.
Kwakungenxa yokutholakala ukuthi u-Raskin wagxila enanini okungafanele lidlule amadola angu-500. Uma uqhathanisa nje, i-Apple II yayibiza u-$70 ngeminyaka yawo-1298, futhi ngisho nekhompyutha elula ye-TRS-80 eyayithengiswa eRadio Shack ngaleso sikhathi, eyayibhekwa njengethengekayo, yayibiza u-$599 ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa u-Raskin wayeqiniseka ukuthi intengo yekhwalithi yekhompyutha yomuntu siqu ingancishiswa nakakhulu. Kodwa kwaba ngokunembile isilinganiso izinga: intengo, lapho Raskin ekugcineni engavumelani Steve Jobs. Imisebenzi yagcina ithathe ubuholi beqembu elifanele, futhi eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kokuhamba kwakhe e-Apple, u-Raskin wakhulula ikhompyutha yakhe ehambisana nemibono yakhe yasekuqaleni. Kodwa idivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Canon Cat ayizange ihambe ekugcineni, okungeke kushiwo nge-Macintosh yokuqala.
U-Apple ekuqaleni wakuhlela lokho ikhompyutha izoqanjwa ngokuthi McIntosh. Bekufanele kube ireferensi yenhlobonhlobo yama-apula ayintandokazi ka-Raskin. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yashintsha isipelingi ngoba igama lalivele lingeleMcIntosh Laboratory, eyakhiqiza imishini yomsindo ephezulu. Imisebenzi yaqinisekisa uMcIntosh ukuthi avumele i-Apple ukuthi isebenzise igama elihlukile, nezinkampani ezimbili zivumelana nesivumelwano sezimali. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yayisenalo igama le-MAC egciniwe, eyayifuna ukulisebenzisa uma kwenzeka isivumelwano neMcIntosh Laboratory singasebenzi. Bekufanele kube isifinyezo se-"Mouse-Activated Computer", kodwa abanye bahlekisa ngokuhlukahluka kwe-"Meaningless Acronym Computer".
Igalari yezithombe
I-Macintosh bekungeyona ikhompuyutha yokuqala yemakethe ka-Apple (kwakungu I-Apple II). Futhi kwakungeyona ikhompyutha yokuqala evela ku-workshop yenkampani ye-Cupertino ukusebenzisa amafasitela, izithonjana kanye nesikhombi segundane (kulokhu iphethe ubukhulu. Lisa). Kodwa nge-Macintosh, i-Apple ikwazile ukuhlanganisa ngobuchule ukusebenziseka kalula, ukugcizelela ekudaleni komuntu siqu, kanye nenkolelo yokuthi abasebenzisi bebefanelwe okuthile okungcono kunombhalo oluhlaza owawutholakala yonke indawo esikrinini esimnyama ngaleso sikhathi. I-Macintosh yokuqala ithengiswe kahle kakhulu, kodwa abalandela bayo baphumelela nakakhulu. Yaba yi-hit eqinisekile eminyakeni embalwa kamuva IMac SE/30, kodwa i-Macintosh 128K isathathwa njengehlelo ngenxa yokuvelela kwayo.
