Amaya Toman Ekuqaleni kukaJuni 2001, i-Apple yayeka ukukhiqiza nokudayisa imodeli yayo ye-Power Mac G4 Cube. "I-cube" edumile yayingenye yamakhompiyutha asesitayeleni kakhulu akhiqizwa yinkampani yaseCupertino, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kwaba ukwehluleka kokuqala okuphawulekayo kusukela ekubuyeni kokunqoba kukaSteve Jobs kubaphathi benkampani.
Ngemva kokuvalelisa ku-Power Mac G4 Cube, u-Apple washintshela kumakhompyutha anama-G5 processors wabe eseya ku-Intel.
Kwakungekho muntu owayengahlatshwa umxhwele yi-Power Mac G4 Cube ngesikhathi ikhishwa. Ngokufana ne-iMac G3 enemibala egqamile, i-Apple yayifuna ukuzihlukanisa nomnikelo ojwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi, ngaleso sikhathi owawuhlanganisa kakhulu "amabhokisi" a-beige afana namanye njengamaqanda. I-Power Mac G4 Cube yaklanywa akekho omunye ngaphandle kuka-Jony Ive, onikeze ikhompuyutha inoveli, ikusasa futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukubukeka okulula okujabulisayo, okuphinde kubhekisele ku-NeXTcube evela ku-Jobs' NeXT.
Igalari yezithombe
Ikhiyubhu yanikeza umbono wokuntanta emoyeni ngenxa yolwelwesi lwayo lwe-acrylic olucwebezelayo. Izici zayo zazihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthula okuphelele, lapho i-G4 Cube yayikweleta uhlelo lokungenisa umoya oluhluke ngokuphelele - ikhompuyutha yayingenawo umlandeli ngokuphelele futhi yasebenzisa uhlelo lokupholisa umoya olwenziwayo. Ngeshwa, uhlelo lwalungelona u-4% ngokuphelele futhi i-G4 Cube ayikwazanga ukusingatha eminye yemisebenzi enzima kakhulu. Ukushisa ngokweqile akuholelanga nje kuphela ekuwohlokeni kokusebenza kwekhompiyutha, kodwa ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu kuphinde kwaholela ekuwohlokeni kwepulasitiki. I-Power Mac GXNUMX Cube iphinde yehluke kumakhompuyutha avamile anenkinobho yamandla ezwelayo uma uyithinta.
Abasebenzisi abathuthuke kakhulu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, babejabule ngendlela i-Apple ekwenze kwaba lula ngayo ukungena ngaphakathi kwekhompyutha. Waze wayihlomisa ngesibambo esikhethekile ukuze ivuleke kalula futhi iphume. Ngaphakathi, ukucushwa okuyisisekelo kunikwe amandla iphrosesa engu-450MHz G4, ikhompuyutha ibe nememori engu-64MB kanye no-20GB wesitoreji. Idrayivu yediski yayitholakala engxenyeni engenhla yekhompuyutha, futhi kwakukhona izimbobo ezimbili ze-FireWire nezimbobo ezimbili ze-USB ngemuva.
Naphezu kokubukeka kwayo okungajwayelekile, i-G4 Cube ihehe kakhulu abalandeli abambalwa be-Apple abaqinile futhi ayizange ivuse isasasa elikhulu kumakhasimende ajwayelekile. Amayunithi angu-150 4 kuphela wemodeli, okuyinto ngisho noSteve Jobs ngokwakhe engakwazi ukuyidumisa, yathengiswa ekugcineni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, idumela elihle le "cube" alizange lisizwe ukubuyekezwa okungalungile kwamanye amakhasimende, akhononda ngemifantu emincane evele esembozweni sepulasitiki. Ukuthengisa okudumazayo, okubangelwa ingxenye yamakhasimende athile ancamela i-Power Mac G4 epholile ngokwesiko kune-G3 Cube, kuholele ekukhululweni kwabezindaba ngoJulayi 2001, XNUMX, lapho i-Apple yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi "ibeka ikhompuyutha eqhweni".
Esitatimendeni sakhe esisemthethweni, u-Phil Schiller uthe nakuba abanikazi be-G4 Cube bethanda ama-cubes abo, ubuye wavuma ukuthi amakhasimende amaningi akhetha ngempela i-Power Mac G4. U-Apple washeshe wabala ukuthi amathuba okuthi ulayini womkhiqizo we-G4 Cube usindiswe imodeli ethuthukisiwe cishe awuziro, futhi wanquma ukuvalelisa ku-cube. Imizamo ngendlela yokuletha izicelo ezintsha kanye nokuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo akuzange kukhulise kakhulu ukuthengiswa. Yize i-Apple ingakaze isho ngokusobala ukuthi ngeke iqhubeke nomugqa womkhiqizo we-G4 Cube, asikamboni ozongena esikhundleni esiqondile.
