Pani hoʻolaha

ʻO 1998 ka makahiki. Ke hoʻomaka nei kahi puka nūhou iDnes.cz, lanakila nā mea pā'ani hockey Czech i ka 'Olumepika ho'oilo ma Nagano, Iapana. John Paul II kipa ʻo Cuba, lilo ʻo Bill Clinton i kahi hihia me Monica Lewinsky, a hoʻokuʻu ʻo Apple i kahi kamepiula i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka honua - ka iMac G3.

He kamepiula mai ka honua maikaʻi

I ka makahiki 1998, ua hoʻomaka mālie nā kamepiula pilikino e lilo i mea nui o nā lako o nā hale maʻamau. I ka hapa nui o nā hihia, ʻo ka home PC set i loko o kahi chassis kaumaha, beige a hina paha a me kahi mākaʻikaʻi paʻakikī o ke kala like. I Mei 1998, ua pohā nā lolouila a pau o Apple i loko o nā waihoʻoluʻu a me ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka plastic i loko o kēia monotony beige. I kēlā manawa, paʻakikī ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi mea ʻaʻole makemake, ma ka liʻiliʻi ma ke kihi o ko lākou ʻuhane, makemake i ka iMac G3 kipi. Ua lilo ka iMac G3 i hoʻokahi o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻi hou ʻana o Steve Jobs i ka hui Cupertino, a me ka hōʻoia e nānā hou ana ʻo Apple i nā manawa maikaʻi aʻe.

Inā pono e wehewehe ʻia nā iMac o ka manawa i hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo, ʻo ia ka "mea ʻē aʻe". ʻAʻole like ka iMac me kahi kamepiula maʻamau o ka hapa lua o nā makahiki kanaiwa. "Me he mea lā no kahi honua ʻē aʻe lākou," wahi a Steve Jobs i kēlā manawa. "Mai ka honua maikaʻi. Mai kahi honua me nā mea hoʻolālā maikaʻi aʻe, "ua hoʻohui ʻo ia me ka wiwo ʻole, a pono ka honua e ʻae me ia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxwmF0OJ0vg

ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka mea kaulana ʻo Jony Ive, ʻo ia wale nō ʻo 3 mau makahiki i kēlā manawa, ke kuleana no ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka iMac G31. Ua noho au ma Apple no kekahi mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o Jobs a ke noʻonoʻo nei e haʻalele. Akā i ka hopena, ua ʻike ʻo ia he nui loa kāna mea like me Jobs i hāʻule ai kāna manaʻo e haʻalele.

Nā kala a me ka Pūnaewele

I ka manawa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka iMac G3, ua kūʻai ʻia ke kamepiula Apple maʻalahi loa he $2000, aneane ʻelua i ka mea e uku ai nā mea hoʻohana no kahi kamepiula Windows maʻamau. Ua makemake ʻo Steve Jobs e hāʻawi i nā poʻe i kahi mea maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi, e maʻalahi ai lākou e komo i ka Pūnaewele, e laha nui nei.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uXJlX50Lj8

Akā ʻaʻole i maʻalahi ka hopena hope. ʻO ka hoʻolālā akaka a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka iMac G3 ua lawe ka hanu o kēlā me kēia. E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ka XNUMX% hoihoi - ʻo ka ʻiole poepoe i ke ʻano o ka puck hockey i loaʻa i ka hoʻohewa ʻana, akā ʻaʻole ia i mahana ma nā papa hale kūʻai no ka lōʻihi loa.

Aia i loko o ka iMac G3 kahi kaʻina hana 233 MHz PowerPC 750, 32 GB o RAM, kahi pahu paʻakikī 4G EIDE a me nā kiʻi ATI Rage IIc me 2 MB o VRAM, a i ʻole ATI Rage Pro Turbo me 6 MB o VRAM. ʻO kekahi hapa o ka lolouila "Internet" i komo pū me kahi modem i kūkulu ʻia, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe ona kaʻa no nā diskettes, i laha ʻia i kēlā manawa, kahi i hoʻohauʻoli nui ai.

Ma hope mai ua hana hou ʻo Apple i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka iMac G3 me nā iBooks lawe lima ʻole a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka laulā kala o nā kamepiula i hāʻawi ʻia.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole lawa kāna hana no nā koi o kēia ao, ua manaʻo ʻia ka iMac G3 he kamepiula i hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia ʻaʻole pono e hilahila ka mea nona.

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