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NgoJanuwari 10, 2006, uSteve Jobs wethula iMacBook Pro entsha engamayintshi ayishumi nanhlanu engqungqutheleni yeMacWorld. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyiyona mncane kakhulu, ilula kakhulu, futhi ngaphezu kwayo yonke ilaptop ye-Apple eshesha kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona. Ngenkathi i-MacBook Pro yashaywa eminyakeni emibili kamuva yi-MacBook Air mayelana nobukhulu nokukhanya, ukusebenza kanye nesivinini - izimpawu zayo eziyinhloko ezihlukanisayo - zahlala.

Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokuqala, inguqulo yama-intshi ayishumi nanhlanu, imodeli ye-intshi eyishumi nesikhombisa nayo yamenyezelwa. Ikhompiyutha yayinezici ezingenakuphikwa zomanduleli wayo, i-PowerBook G4, kodwa esikhundleni se-chip ye-PowerPC G4, yayixhaswe yi-Intel Core processor. Mayelana nesisindo, iMacBook Pro yokuqala yayifana ne-PowerBook, kodwa yayizacile. Okusha bekuyikhamera ye-iSight eyakhelwe ngaphakathi nesixhumi se-MagSafe sokunikezwa kwamandla okuphephile. Umehluko wawukhona nasekusebenzeni kwe-optical drive, okuthi, njengengxenye yokuncipha, ihambe kancane kakhulu kunokushayela kwe-PowerBook G4, futhi yayingakwazi ukubhala kuma-DVD anezingqimba ezimbili.

Enye yezinto ezintsha okuxoxwe ngazo kakhulu kuMacBook Pro ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwushintsho lwendlela yokushintshela kuma-Intel processors. Lesi kwakuyisinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu ku-Apple, inkampani eyenza kwacaca ngaphezu kwalokho ngokushintsha igama lisuka ku-PowerBook, elisetshenziswe kusukela ngo-1991, laba yi-MacBook. Kodwa baningi abamelene nalolu shintsho - basola uJobs ngokungawuhloniphi umlando kaCupertino. Kepha u-Apple wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi iMacBook ayidumazi muntu. Imishini edayiswayo iveze nama-CPU asheshayo (i-1,83 GHz esikhundleni sika-1,67 GHz wemodeli eyisisekelo, i-2 GHz esikhundleni se-1,83 GHz yemodeli esezingeni eliphezulu) kunaleyo eyamenyezelwa ekuqaleni, kuyilapho igcina inani elifanayo . Ukusebenza kweMacBook entsha bekuphakeme ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunokwandulelayo.

Siphinde sasho isixhumi se-MagSafe ekuqaleni kwesihloko. Yize inabaphikisi bayo, ithathwa ngabaningi njengenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu i-Apple eyake yaqhamuka nazo. Enye yezinzuzo zayo ezinkulu kwakuwukuphepha ekunikezile kukhompuyutha: uma othile engcolise ikhebula elixhunyiwe, isixhumi sinqanyulwa kalula, ngakho-ke i-laptop ayizange ishayeke phansi.

Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ayizange iphumule futhi kancane kancane yathuthukisa ama-MacBooks ayo. Esizukulwaneni sabo sesibili, wethula ukwakhiwa kwe-unibody - okungukuthi, kusukela kucezu olulodwa lwe-aluminium. Kuleli fomu, okuhlukile okungamayintshi ayishumi nantathu namayintshi ayishumi nanhlanu kwaqala ukufika emhlabeni ngo-Okthoba 2008, futhi ekuqaleni kuka-2009, amakhasimende aphinde athola i-MacBook engamayintshi ayishumi nesikhombisa. I-Apple yavalelisa enguqulweni enkulu kunazo zonke ye-MacBook ngo-2012, lapho iphinde yethula iMacBook Pro entsha, eyi-intshi eyishumi nanhlanu - enomzimba omncane kanye nesibonisi se-Retina. Okuhlukile okungamayintshi ayishumi nantathu kubone ukukhanya kosuku ngo-Okthoba 2012.

Ingabe unazo ezinye izinguqulo zangaphambilini ze-MacBook Pro? Waneliseke kangakanani ngaye? Futhi ucabangani ngomugqa wamanje?

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