Amaya Toman Amakhompiyutha avela kushabhu ye-Apple afakwe ama-PowerPC processors isikhathi eside impela edlule, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inkampani yashintshela kumaphrosesa isuka ku-Intel. Umvuthwandaba omangalisayo walolu shintsho eminyakeni edlule kwaba iMac Pro enamandla amakhulu - ikhompyutha yedeskithophu ephezulu kakhulu efakwe i-Intel chip.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Kwakungo-Agasti 2006, lapho i-Apple yethula ngokusemthethweni i-quad-core, i-64-bit Mac Pro, eyayihloselwe ochwepheshe abafuna ngamandla. Umshini wakamuva wekhompiyutha ovela kushabhu yenkampani ye-Cupertino bekufanele ukwazi ukubhekana nemisebenzi yezithombe edinga ukusebenza, ukuhlela okulalelwayo nevidiyo okuchwepheshile neminye imisebenzi efanayo. I-Mac Pro entsha bekufanele isebenze njengomlandeli we-Power Mac G5, futhi njenge-Power Mac G5, ibonise umklamo "we-grater", phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
"I-Apple iqede ngempumelelo inguquko yokusebenzisa ama-Intel processors ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa nje, izinsuku ezingama-210 ukuthi zibe ngqo," kusho uSteve Jobs ngaleso sikhathi esitatimendeni esisemthethweni esihlobene naso. I-Apple ithembise ukusebenza okuphindwe kabili uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Power Mac G5 eshiwo ngenhla nomkhiqizo wayo omusha ngaleso sikhathi, futhi i-Mac Pro entsha ingase futhi iziqhayise ngesitoreji esiningi. Kuphinde kwaba nokunwetshwa kwenani lamachweba - iMac Pro ifakwe izimbobo ezinhlanu ze-USB 2.0 kanye nezimbobo ezine ze-FireWire. Ifakwe ama-processor amabili we-Intel Xeon 5130 anejubane lewashi elingu-2 GHz, i-1 GB yememori yokusebenza, i-HDD engu-250 GB kanye, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ihluzo ze-GeForce 7300 GT. Inkampani yeluleke abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlanganise kahle i-Mac Pro entsha nesibonisi se-Cinema HD esingu-30” ukuze bathole ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lomsebenzisi.
Igalari yezithombe
Njengoba kuvame ukuba njalo hhayi emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe kuphela, akuyona yonke into eyayiphelele. I-Mac Pro entsha ifike nohlelo olusebenzayo lwe-Mac OS X Tiger, obeluhle ngezindlela eziningi, kodwa ezinye izinhlelo ezichwepheshile ezifana ne-Adobe Creative Suite bezinenkinga yokusebenza kancane. Sekukonke, nokho, iMac Pro entsha ihlangabezane nempendulo enhle ngesikhathi sokufika kwayo, kokubili kubasebenzisi kanye nezintatheli nochwepheshe. U-Apple wayeka ukukhiqiza nokudayiswa kwale Mac Pro ekuqaleni kuka-2008, lapho isizukulwane sesibili, esihlome nge-Intel Xeon Harpertown processors, siqala.
