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Izinhlobo ze-HP (Hewlett-Packard) kanye ne-Apple isikhathi esiningi zazibonwa njengehluke ngokuphelele futhi zisebenza ngokuhlukana. Kodwa-ke, inhlanganisela yala magama amabili adumile yenzeka, isibonelo, ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2004, lapho umkhiqizo omusha wethulwa embukisweni wendabuko wabathengi be-elekthronikhi CES eLas Vegas - umdlali obizwa nge-Apple iPod + HP. Ithini indaba ngale modeli?

I-prototype yedivayisi, eyethulwa embukisweni yi-CEO ye-Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, yayinombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka obuwuphawu lomkhiqizo we-HP. Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi i-HP iPod ifika emakethe kamuva ngalowo nyaka, idivayisi isivele igqoke umthunzi omhlophe ofanayo nowejwayelekile. iPod.

Uhlu oluhluke ngempela lwama-iPod luphume ku-workshop ye-Apple:

 

Uma uthi nhlá, kungase kubonakale sengathi ukusebenzisana phakathi kuka-Hewlett-Packard ne-Apple kufike njengebhawodi elivela eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Kodwa-ke, izindlela zalezi zinkampani ezimbili bezilokhu zihlangene, nangaphambi kokuba i-Apple idalwe. USteve Jobs wake wasebenza njenge-intern e-Hewlett-Packard, eneminyaka eyishumi nambili kuphela. I-HP nayo isebenzile USteve Wozniak ngenkathi usebenza kumakhompyutha we-Apple-1 ne-Apple II. Kamuva, ochwepheshe abaningi abanekhono bathuthela e-Apple besuka e-Hewlett-Packard, futhi kwakuyinkampani ye-HP u-Apple athenga kuyo umhlaba ekhempasini yaseCupertino eminyakeni edlule. Kodwa-ke, kusheshe kwacaca ukuthi ukubambisana kulo mdlali akunalo ikusasa elihle.

USteve Jobs akakaze abe umlandeli omkhulu wokuthola amalayisense, futhi i-iPod + HP kwaba ukuphela kwesikhathi lapho iMisebenzi ilayisensi khona igama elisemthethweni le-iPod kwenye inkampani. Ngo-2004, u-Jobs wahlehla embonweni wakhe omkhulu wokuthi iTunes Music Store akufanele neze itholakale kukhompuyutha ngaphandle kwe-Mac. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, isevisi yanwetshwa kumakhompyutha e-Windows. Kodwa-ke, i-HP kwaba ukuphela komkhiqizi owake wathola okwawo okuhlukile kwe-iPod.

Okufakwe kusivumelwano kwakuyi-iTunes efakwe kuqala kuwo wonke amakhompyutha e-HP Pavilion kanye ne-Compaq Presario. Ngokombono, kwaba ukunqoba kuzo zombili izinkampani. I-HP ithole indawo yokuthengisa eyingqayizivele, kuyilapho i-Apple ingaqhubeka nokwandisa imakethe yayo nge-iTunes. Lokhu kuvumele i-iTunes ukuthi ifinyelele ezindaweni ezifana ne-Walmart ne-RadioShack lapho amakhompyutha we-Apple ayengathengiswanga khona. Kepha abanye ochwepheshe baveze ukuthi lokhu empeleni kuyisinyathelo esihlakaniphile kakhulu se-Apple sokuqinisekisa ukuthi i-HP ayifaki Isitolo seWindows Media kukhompyutha yayo.

I-HP ithole i-iPod enophawu lwe-HP, kodwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuba i-Apple ithuthukise i-iPod yayo—okwenza inguqulo ye-HP ingasebenzi. USteve Jobs kwadingeka abhekane nokugxekwa “ngokwehlisa” abaphathi be-HP kanye nabanikazi bamasheya ngalesi sinyathelo. Ekugcineni, i-iPod + HP ayizange ibe yinhle kakhulu yokuthengisa. Ekupheleni kukaJulayi 2009, i-HP yanqamula isivumelwano sayo ne-Apple, nakuba yayibophekile ngokwenkontileka ukufaka i-iTunes kumakhompyutha ayo kuze kube uJanuwari 2006. Ekugcineni yethula esayo isidlali somsindo se-Compaq, esahluleka naso ukusuka.

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