Amaya Toman Umlando wamakhompyutha aphathekayo avela kushabhu ye-Apple mude ngenhlonipho futhi uyahlukahluka. Indlela ethathwe yinkampani yeCupertino kusukela kumamodeli okuqala alolu hlobo kuya kwamanje Ama-MacBooks, lalivame ukudideka, ligcwele izithiyo, kodwa futhi nempumelelo engenakuphikiswa. Phakathi kwalezi mpumelelo, i-PowerBook 100, esizoyisho kafushane esihlokweni sanamuhla, ingafakwa ngaphandle kwengxoxo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
incwadi yamandla 100 yethulwa emakethe engxenyeni yesibili ka-Okthoba 1991. Ngaleso sikhathi, isintu sasiseneminyaka embalwa kusukela ekufikeni kwe-Wi-Fi nobunye ubuchwepheshe obungenawaya - noma kunalokho kusukela ekwandeni kwabo okukhulu - kodwa noma kunjalo, kulula kakhulu. izincwadi zokubhalela ezingaba khona ziba yimpahla efiselekayo ngokwandayo. I-PowerBook 100 inesibopho esikhulu sokuletha amakhompuyutha aphathekayo phakathi kwesikhathi. I-Mac Portable kusukela ngo-100, ngokwesibonelo, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi iyikhompyutha ephathekayo, kodwa isisindo sayo sasisephezulu kakhulu, kanjalo nenani layo - yingakho ingazange ibe yimakethe.
Ngokukhululwa kwama-PowerBooks amasha, i-Apple inciphise izintengo kakhulu, okungenani uma iqhathaniswa ne-Mac Portable eshiwo ngenhla. I-PowerBooks ka-Okthoba 1991 yeza ngezinhlelo ezintathu: i-PowerBook 100 esezingeni eliphansi, i-PowerBook 140 emaphakathi, kanye ne-PowerBook 170 esezingeni eliphezulu. Intengo yabo isukela ku-$2 iye ku-$300. Ngaphezu kwamanani entengo, i-Apple iphinde yanciphisa kakhulu isisindo sobusha bayo obuphathekayo. Ngenkathi iMac Portable inesisindo esingamakhilogremu ayisikhombisa, isisindo sama-PowerBooks amasha sasicishe sibe ngamakhilogremu angu-4.
I-PowerBook 100 ihluke ngokubukeka ku-PowerBook 140 kanye ne-170. Lokhu kwakungenxa yokuthi ezimbili zokugcina zaklanywa i-Apple, kuyilapho u-Sony ebambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-PowerBook 100. I-PowerBook 100 ifike no-2 MB we-RAM enwebekayo (efika ku-8 MB) kanye ne-hard drive engu-20 MB kuya ku-40 MB. I-floppy drive yafika kuphela indinganiso namamodeli amabili asezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa abasebenzisi bangayithenga njengengxenye yangaphandle ehlukile. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, isici esihlukanisayo se-trio yama-PowerBooks amasha kwakuyi-trackball edidiyelwe yokulawula ikhesa.
Amamodeli ahlukahlukene we-PowerBooks avele kancane kancane ku-workshop ye-Apple:
Igalari yezithombe
Ekugcineni, impumelelo ye-PowerBook 100 yaba isimanga ngisho naku-Apple uqobo. Inkampani yabele isigidi samadola "nje" ngokumaketha kwayo, kodwa umkhankaso wokukhangisa wenze umbono eqenjini eliqondiwe. Onyakeni wayo wokuqala wokuthengisa, i-PowerBook yazuza i-Apple imali engaphezu kwesigidigidi esi-1 futhi yaqinisa isikhundla sayo njengekhompiyutha yosomabhizinisi ohambayo, imakethe iMac eyayike yakuthola kunzima ukungena kuyo. Ngo-1992, ukuthengiswa kwe-PowerBook kwasiza ukukhiqiza imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7,1, unyaka wezimali ophumelele kakhulu we-Apple kuze kube manje.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Noma i-Apple ingasalisebenzisi igama le-PowerBook, akungabazeki ukuthi le khompyutha yashintsha ngokuyisisekelo indlela amakhompyutha aphathekayo abukeka ngayo futhi asebenza ngayo—futhi yasiza ukuqalisa inguquko kukhompyutha yeselula.
