Pani hoʻolaha

Ma kekahi o nā māhele mua o kā mākou moʻolelo i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka mōʻaukala o Apple, ua nānā mākou i ka pāʻoihana 1984 a Apple i hoʻohana ai e hoʻolaha i kāna Macintosh mua. I kēia lā, no kahi hoʻololi, e nānā mākou i ka lā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka Macintosh mua. Ua paʻi ka Macintosh 128K i nā papa hale kūʻai ma ka hopena o Ianuali 1984.

ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻiole a me nā mea hoʻohana kiʻi kiʻi i ka lehulehu, a hoʻolaha ʻia e ka hoʻolaha Super Bowl i kēia manawa, ua lilo koke ka hanauna mua o Mac i kekahi o nā kamepiula pilikino koʻikoʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēlā manawa. ʻO ke kumu o ka papahana Mac e hoʻi i ka hopena o nā makahiki 70 a i ka mea nāna i hana mua i ka Macintosh, ʻo Jef Raskin. Ua hele mai ʻo ia me ka manaʻo kipi o ka hana ʻana i kahi kamepiula pilikino maʻalahi i hiki i nā mea āpau ke loaʻa. I kēlā manawa, ʻo ka manawa i lilo ai nā kamepiula pilikino i mea nui o nā lako o ka hapa nui o nā hale.

No ka loaʻa ʻana o Raskin i ke kumukūʻai ʻaʻole pono ma mua o 500 kālā. No ka hoʻohālikelike wale ʻana, kūʻai ʻia ka Apple II i $70 i ka makahiki 1298, a ʻo kahi kamepiula maʻalahi TRS-80 i kūʻai ʻia ma Radio Shack i kēlā manawa, i manaʻo ʻia he kumukūʻai, he $599 i kēlā manawa. Akā, ua manaʻo ʻo Raskin e hiki ke hoʻemi ʻia ke kumukūʻai o kahi kamepiula pilikino maikaʻi. Akā ʻo ia ka ratio o ka maikaʻi: kumukūʻai, kahi i ʻae ʻole ai ʻo Raskin me Steve Jobs. Ua lawe ʻo Jobs i ke alakaʻi o ka hui kūpono, a he mau makahiki ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana iā Apple, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Raskin i kāna kamepiula ponoʻī i kūlike i kāna mau manaʻo kumu. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i haʻalele ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Canon Cat i ka hopena, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i ka Macintosh mua.

Ua hoʻolālā mua ʻo Apple i kēlā e kapa ʻia ke kamepiula ʻo McIntosh. Ua manaʻo ʻia he kuhikuhi ia i ka ʻano ʻāpala punahele a Raskin. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻololi ʻo Apple i ka ʻōlelo ʻana no ka mea aia ka inoa iā McIntosh Laboratory, nāna i hana i nā lako leo kiʻekiʻe. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Jobs iā McIntosh e ʻae iā Apple e hoʻohana i kahi ʻano o ka inoa, me ka ʻae ʻana o nā hui ʻelua i kahi hoʻoholo kālā. Eia nō naʻe, aia nō ʻo Apple i ka inoa MAC i mālama ʻia, kahi i makemake ai e hoʻohana inā ʻaʻole i holo ka hana me McIntosh Laboratory. Ua manaʻo ʻia he acronym ia no "Mouse-Activated Computer", akā hoʻohenehene kekahi e pili ana i ka ʻano ʻano "Meaningless Acronym Computer".

ʻAʻole ʻo Macintosh ka kamepiula kūʻai nui mua o Apple (ʻo ia Apple II). ʻAʻole hoʻi ʻo ia ka kamepiula mua mai ka hale hana o ka hui Cupertino e hoʻohana i nā puka makani, nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me ke kuhikuhi ʻiole (ma kēia ʻano e paʻa ana i ka primacy. Lisa). Akā me ka Macintosh, ua hiki iā Apple ke hoʻohui akamai i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana, kahi manaʻo nui i ka hana pilikino, a me ka manaʻo e pono ai nā mea hoʻohana i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻoi aʻe a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o nā kikokikona ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka pale ʻeleʻele i kēlā manawa. Ua kūʻai maikaʻi ʻia ka Macintosh mua, akā ʻoi aku ka lanakila o kona mau hope. Ua lilo ia i mea paʻa paʻa i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope Mac SE/30, akā ʻike ʻia ka Macintosh 128K ma ke ʻano he hoʻomana ma muli o kona kūlana kiʻekiʻe.

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