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Ukusebenzisana phakathi kuka-Apple no-Hewlett-Packard kuqale ngesikhathi uSteve Jobs esafunda esikoleni esiphakeme. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ashayela khona umsunguli uWilliam Hewlett embuza ukuthi uzomnikeza yini izingxenye zomsebenzi wesikole. U-Hewlett, ehlatshwe umxhwele ukuzimisela kukaSteve Jobs, wanikeza umfundi osemncane izingxenye waze wamnikeza nomsebenzi wasehlobo enkampanini. I-HP ibe ugqozi lweMisebenzi kusukela ekuqaleni kwe-Apple Computer. Emashumini amaningi eminyaka kamuva, Imisebenzi yazama ukusindisa isikhundla se-CEO uMark Hurd, owasuswa yibhodi ngenxa yehlazo lokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.

Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yasungula ukusebenzisana okuthakazelisayo noHewlett-Packard eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kwalokho. Unyaka kwakungu-2004, lapho i-Apple iqala ukukhipha i-iTunes ye-Windows, futhi i-iPod yayisakhula. Ukunwetshwa kweWindows ngenxa yesoftware ehambisanayo kwakuyisinyathelo esibheke ekwandiseni ama-iPods, anqobe imakethe yabadlali bomculo ngesabelo esingakaze sibonwe, lapho u-Apple ewuqeda nya umncintiswano. I-Apple Story yayineminyaka emibili ikhona, kodwa ngaphandle kwalokho, i-Apple yayingenazo iziteshi eziningi zokusabalalisa. Ngakho wanquma ukujoyina amabutho ne-HP ukuze asebenzise inethiwekhi yayo yokusabalalisa, ehlanganisa amaketanga aseMelika I-Wall-mart, I-RadioShack noma I-Office Depot. Ukusebenzisana kwamenyezelwa e-CES 2004.

Yayihlanganisa inguqulo ekhethekile ye-iPod, okwamangaza abaningi, eyayiphethe ilogo yenkampani yakwaHewlett-Packard ngemuva kwedivayisi. Nokho, lokho bekuwukuphela komehluko ongokomzimba kuma-iPod avamile. Umdlali ubequkethe ihadiwe efanayo, inkumbulo engu-20 noma engu-40 GB. Ekuqaleni yayithengiswa ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ojwayelekile wemikhiqizo ye-HP. Kamuva, i-iPod yakudala yajoyinwa i-iPod mini, i-iPod shuffle kanye nesithombe se-iPod esaziwa kancane.

Okwakuhlukile, nokho, indlela ka-Apple kula madivayisi. Isevisi nokusekelwa kwanikezwa ngokuqondile yi-HP, hhayi i-Apple, futhi "izihlakaniphi" eSitolo se-Apple zenqaba ukulungisa le nguqulo yama-iPod, noma yayifana nehadiwe ethengiswa esitolo. Inguqulo ye-HP nayo yasatshalaliswa ngediski equkethe i-iTunes ye-Windows, kuyilapho ama-iPod avamile ehlanganisa isofthiwe yawo womabili amasistimu wokusebenza. Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, u-Hewlett-Packard uphinde wafaka i-iTunes kumakhompyutha ayo ochungechunge lwe-HP Pavilion kanye ne-Compaq Presario.

Kodwa-ke, ukusebenzisana okungavamile phakathi kwe-Apple ne-HP akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside. Ekupheleni kukaJuni 2005, uHewlett-Packard wamemezela ukuthi uyasinqamula isivumelwano nenkampani yakwa-Apple. Ukusatshalaliswa konyaka nesigamu kweziteshi ze-HP akuzange kuthele izithelo cishe zonke lezi zinkampani ebezinethemba lazo. Ibala amaphesenti amahlanu kuphela enani eliphelele lama-iPod athengisiwe. Naphezu kokuphela kokubambisana, i-HP yafaka kuqala i-iTunes kumakhompyutha ayo kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kuka-2006. Amamodeli anelukuluku lama-iPod anophawu lwe-HP ngemuva awukuphela kwesikhumbuzo sokubambisana okungaphumeleli kangako phakathi kwezinkampani ezimbili ezinkulu zamakhompyutha. .

Kulezi zinsuku, isimo phakathi kuka-Apple no-Hewlett-Packard sishubile, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokwakheka kwe-MacBooks, i-HP ezama ngokungenamahloni ukuyikopisha ezincwadini eziningi zokubhalela. umona.

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