Pani hoʻolaha

Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i ke poʻo o Apple ma 1997, ua hoʻopau ʻo Jobs i ka hana ʻana o kekahi mau huahana. ʻAʻole i kūpono kēia mau mea i ka waihona o ka hui Cupertino a i ʻole ʻaʻohe koi no lākou mai nā mea kūʻai aku hope. E nānā i ʻelima mau huahana ʻaʻohe wahi ma ka honua. ʻO kekahi o lākou he hana ʻia ʻo Jobs.

Pippin

Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ʻo Pippin ma ke ʻano he paepae multimedia e pili ana i nā PowerPC Macs. ʻOiai ua like ia me kahi console pāʻani - piha me nā mea hoʻokele maiʻa - ua manaʻo ʻia e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kikowaena multimedia. Ua paʻi ʻia nā poʻo inoa no Pippin ma CD-ROM, kahi i loaʻa ai ka ʻōnaehana hana ponoʻī. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka paepae Pippin kahi hoʻomanaʻo i loko.

ʻO kahi hui i laikini iā ​​Pippin ʻo Bandai i 1994. ʻO ka hopena kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Bandai Pippin @World, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe wahi hou ma ka mākeke no ka hāmeʻa. ʻO nā consoles e like me Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation a me Sega Saturn i paʻa i ko lākou kūlana, no laila ua hoʻopau ʻia kēia papahana ma 1997. I ka huina, 1996 mau mea e holo ana i ka Pippin i kūʻai ʻia ma waena o 1998 a me 12. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai he $000.

Newton

Ua hoʻolauna ʻia ka paepae Newton no nā PDA i ka lehulehu i ka makahiki 1993 me ka polokalamu MessagePad. Wahi a ke poʻo o Apple, ʻo John Sculley, ua manaʻo ʻia nā mea like e lilo i ʻāpana o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. No ka makaʻu i ka hiki ke cannibalization o Macs, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi kumu hoʻohālike liʻiliʻi (9 × 12 ″) i hoʻohui ʻia i ke kumu hoʻohālike nui (4,5 × 7 ″).

Ua ʻāhewa ʻia ka MessagePad mua no ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ka lima kākau lima a me ke ola pākaukau AAA maikaʻi ʻole. Me kēia mau hemahema, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka puʻunaue ʻana, ua kūʻai ʻia aku he 5 mau ʻāpana i loko o nā hola, he $000 ke kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i lilo ʻo Newton i flop a i ʻole he mea kūʻai aku, ua hoʻopau ʻo Jobs i kona ola ʻana ma 800. He ʻumi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hele mai ʻo Apple me kahi kahua ʻē aʻe i hoʻololi loa i ka honua o nā polokalamu kelepona - iOS.

Makahiki 20th Mac

ʻOi aku ke kumu kūʻai - ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo e wehewehe ana i kēia kamepiula (TAM - Twentieth Anniversary Mac) i hana ʻia no ka 20th anniversary o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Apple. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i ka home ma kahi limousine, ʻo ka mea hoʻokele i hoʻokomo i ka tuxedo a me nā mīkina lima keʻokeʻo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua wehe ʻo TAM iā ʻoe a hoʻonohonoho iā ia ma kahi āu i kuhikuhi ai. Ua hoʻolako pū ʻia kahi ʻōnaehana leo Bose me ka TAM. Ua loaʻa i ka papa keyboard nā hoʻomaha lima.

Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo TAM no ka hemahema. Ma ke kumu kūʻai o $9, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i hiki ke manaʻo ʻia, ʻoiai ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka PowerMac 995 i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua me kahi hoʻonohonoho like ʻole no ka hapalima o ke kumukūʻai. Ua hōʻemi ʻia i $6500 ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana i hoʻokahi makahiki ma Malaki 1998 a nalowale mai nā hale kūʻai.

klony

I ka makahiki 1994, loaʻa iā Apple he 7% o ka mākeke kamepiula pilikino. I mea e hoʻonui ai i kēia helu, ua hoʻoholo ka hoʻokele e hoʻomaka i ka laikini ʻana i kāna ʻōnaehana i nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e like me DayStar, Motorola, Power Computing a i ʻole Umax. Eia naʻe, ma hope o ke komo ʻana o nā clones i ka mākeke, ʻaʻole i hoʻonui ʻia ka māhele o ka OS laikini ma kekahi ʻano, akā, ua emi ke kūʻai aku o nā kamepiula Apple. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua uhi wale ka laikini i ka System 7 (i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Mac OS 7).

I kona hoʻi ʻana mai, ua hoʻohewa ʻo Jobs i ka papahana a ʻaʻole i hoʻihoʻi ia no Mac OS 8. No laila ua loaʻa hou ʻo Apple i ka mana ma luna o ka lako e holo ai ʻo Mac OS. Eia nō naʻe, a hiki i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi pilikia liʻiliʻi me nā clones Psystar.

Kuhu

Aia nā huahana ʻehā i ka honua ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana o Jobs iā Apple. Ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia ka Cube i Iulai 2000, e hōʻike ana i kahi kaʻina hana 4MHz G450, 20GB hard drive, 64MB RAM no $1. ʻAʻole ia he kumukūʻai weliweli loa, akā ʻaʻohe wahi PCI a i ʻole nā ​​​​leo leo maʻamau i ka Cube.

ʻAʻohe kumu e makemake ai nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi Cube, no ka $1 hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai i PowerMac G599-no laila ʻaʻole pono lākou e kūʻai i kahi nānā keu. He $4 ka uku ho'ēmi a me ka hoʻololi lako. ʻAʻole naʻe i kōkua, no laila ua lilo ka pahu aniani i hoʻolālā ʻia e Jonathan Ive. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Cube i kekahi manawa he o Ke keiki a Jobs.

Puna: ArsTechnica.com
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