Pani hoʻolaha

I ka hapa lua o Feberuari, ua hōʻike ʻo Apple i kāna mau iMacs ʻulaʻula, translucent i kahi hoʻolālā hou loa, he mea kupanaha a pīhoihoi hoʻi no nā mea he nui. Ua manaʻo ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona iMac Flower Power a me iMac Blue Dalmation e kuhikuhi i ke ʻano hippie hoʻomaha a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o nā makahiki kanaono.

ʻO kahi mamao loa mai ka hana koʻikoʻi, aluminika hoʻolālā ʻenehana e lilo i mea hōʻailona o Apple no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻo kēia mau iMacs i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i waena o nā kamepiula wiwo ʻole a Cupertino i loaʻa mai. Ua hōʻailona ka iMac Flower Power a me Blue Dalmatian i ka hopena o ka laina ultra-color i hoʻomaka me ka iMac G3 kumu ma Bondi Blue. ʻO ka laulā pū kekahi me Blueberry, Strawberry, Lime, Tangerine, Grape, Graphite, Indigo, Ruby, Sage and Snow.

I ka manawa i hele mai ai nā kamepiula maʻamau i ka chassis maʻalahi a hina, ua ʻike ʻia ke ʻano kala o nā iMacs he kipi. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka ʻuhane like o ka individualism i hana i ka slogan "Think Different" a Apple. ʻO ka manaʻo e hiki i nā mea a pau ke koho i ka Mac i hōʻike maikaʻi i ko lākou ʻano. ʻO ka hippie-themed iMacs he mea leʻaleʻa hoʻomanaʻo o Apple i hala. Ua kūpono pū lākou me ka moʻomeheu pop o ia manawa - ʻo ka makahiki 60 a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka millennium hou i hoʻokahi manawa piha i ka nostalgia XNUMXs.

Ua ʻōlelo mau ʻo Apple co-founder Steve Jobs ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ʻo ia e ka counterculture o nā makahiki 60. Akā naʻe, paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo iā ia e kanu ana i kahi iMac Flower Power ma kāna keʻena. Ua pane ka poʻe pā Mac maʻamau e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻAʻole makemake nā kānaka a pau i nā kamepiula hou, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke kumu. Me ke kumukūʻai kūpono o $1 a i $199 a me nā kikoʻī waena waena (PowerPC G1 499 a i ʻole 3 MHz processor, 500 MB a i ʻole 600 MB RAM, 64 KB Level 128 cache, CD-RW drive, a me 256-inch monitor), kēia mau Macs Ua hoʻopiʻi maoli ʻia i ka lehulehu. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe a pau i ka Mac i hoʻohālikelike ʻia, akā aloha kekahi poʻe i kēia mau kamepiula i hoʻolālā wiwo ʻole.

ʻO ka iMac G3, ka hopena o kekahi o nā hihia mua loa o ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o Jobs a me ke kumu hoʻolālā o Apple ʻo Jony Ive, ua lilo i mea pāʻoihana nui i ka manawa i makemake nui ai ʻo Apple. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ka iMac G3 e like me ia, ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka iPod, iPhone, iPad, a i ʻole kekahi o nā huahana Apple groundbreaking i ukali ʻia i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana.

I ka hopena, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi loa ka Flower Power a me Blue Dalmatian iMacs. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Apple iā lākou i Iulai e hana i ke ala no ka iMac G4, i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻouna ʻana ma 2002.

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