Amaya Toman Uma igama elithi "Apple laptop" lifika engqondweni, abantu abaningi bangase bacabange ngama-MacBooks kuqala. Kepha umlando wamalaptop we-Apple mude kancane. Engxenyeni yanamuhla yochungechunge lwethu olubizwa ngokuthi Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple, sikhumbula ukufika kwe-PowerBook 3400.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Apple yakhipha i-PowerBook 3400 yayo ngoFebhuwari 17, 1997. Ngaleso sikhathi, imakethe yamakhompiyutha yayibuswa amakhompyutha edeskithophu namalaptop ayengakasabalali. Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-PowerBook 3400 yayo, yazishaya isifuba, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngokuthi kusolwa ukuthi iyilaptop eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni. I-PowerBook 3400 yeza emhlabeni ngesikhathi lapho lo mugqa womkhiqizo ubhekene nobunzima obuningi futhi unomncintiswano onamandla impela. Ilungu elisha lomndeni we-PowerBook ngaleso sikhathi lalifakwe iphrosesa ye-PowerPC 603e, ekwazi ukufinyelela isivinini esingafika ku-240 MHz - ukusebenza okuhle impela ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngaphezu kwejubane nokusebenza, i-Apple iphinde yaphakamisa amakhono amahle kakhulu okudlala imidiya ye-PowerBook yayo entsha. Inkampani izishaya isifuba ngokuthi lo mkhiqizo omusha unamandla anele abasebenzisi abangawusebenzisa ukubuka amamuvi e-QuickTime ekubukeni kwesikrini esigcwele ngaphandle kwezinkinga, kanye nokuphequlula i-inthanethi. I-PowerBook 3400 iphinde yaqhosha ngokwenza ngokwezifiso okuphanayo—isibonelo, abasebenzisi bangashintshanisa idrayivu ye-CD-ROM evamile bayenzele enye ngaphandle kokucisha noma ukuyilalisa ikhompyutha. I-PowerBook 3400 futhi bekuyikhompyutha yokuqala ye-Apple enezakhiwo ze-PCI kanye nenkumbulo ye-EDO. "I-Apple PowerBook 3400 entsha akuyona nje ikhompyutha ephathekayo eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni—ingase ibe ehamba phambili," wamemezela u-Apple ngaleso sikhathi ngaphandle kwe-iota yesizotha samanga.
Igalari yezithombe
Intengo eyisisekelo ye-PowerBook 3400 yayicishe ibe yizinkulungwane ezingama-95. Bekuwumshini omuhle impela ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngeshwa akubanga yimpumelelo kwezohwebo futhi i-Apple yawuyeka ngoNovemba 1997. Ochwepheshe abaningi babheka emuva ku-PowerBook 3400, kanye nedlanzana leminye imikhiqizo eyahlangabezana nesiphetho esifanayo, njengesikhashana. izingcezu ezisize u-Apple ukuthi acacise ngeMisebenzi, ukuthi uzohamba ngakuphi ngokulandelayo.
