Pani hoʻolaha

ʻO ka mōʻaukala o nā kamepiula lawe lima mai ka hale hana a Apple he lōʻihi a ʻokoʻa. ʻO ke ala i lawe ʻia e ka hui Cupertino mai nā hiʻohiʻona mua o kēia ʻano a hiki i nā mea i kēia manawa MacBooks, ua hoʻopili pinepine ʻia, piha i nā pilikia, akā naʻe nā kūleʻa hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia. Ma waena o kēia mau kūleʻa, hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka PowerBook 100, a mākou e haʻi pōkole ai i ka ʻatikala o kēia lā, me ka ʻole o ke kūkākūkā ʻana.

puke mana 100 ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka mākeke i ka hapa ʻelua o ʻOkakopa 1991. I kēlā manawa, he mau makahiki wale nō ke kanaka mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Wi-Fi a me nā ʻenehana uila ʻē aʻe - a i ʻole, ko lākou hoʻonui nui - akā naʻe, ʻo ka māmā loa. hiki i nā puke puke ke lilo i mea makemake nui ʻia. ʻO ka PowerBook 100 ke kuleana nui no ka lawe ʻana i nā kamepiula i loko o ke ʻano o ka manawa. ʻO ka Mac Portable mai ka makahiki 100, no ka laʻana, he kamepiula lawe lima ia, akā ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o kona kaumaha, a pēlā nō kona kumukūʻai - ʻo ia ke kumu ʻaʻole ia i lilo i mākeke.

Me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā PowerBooks hou, ua hōʻemi nui ʻo Apple i nā kumukūʻai, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka Mac Portable i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻOkakopa 1991 PowerBooks i hele mai i ʻekolu hoʻonohonoho: ka PowerBook 100 haʻahaʻa, ka PowerBook 140 waena, a me ka PowerBook 170 kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kā lākou kumukūʻai mai $2 a i $300. Ma waho aʻe o nā kumukūʻai, ua hōʻemi nui ʻo Apple i ke kaumaha o kāna mea hou portable. ʻOiai ke kaumaha o ka Mac Portable ma kahi o ʻehiku kilokani, ʻo ke kaumaha o nā PowerBooks hou ma kahi o 4 kilokani.

ʻOkoʻa ka mana o ka PowerBook 100 mai ka PowerBook 140 a me 170. ʻO kēia no ka mea ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā mea hope ʻelua e Apple, ʻoiai ua komo ʻo Sony i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka PowerBook 100. Ua hele mai ka PowerBook 100 me 2 MB o RAM hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia (a hiki i 8 MB) a me 20 MB a 40 MB paʻakikī. ʻO ka floppy drive wale nō ka mea maʻamau me nā hiʻohiʻona kiʻekiʻe ʻelua, akā hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke kūʻai aku ma ke ʻano he peripheral waho ʻokoʻa. Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o ka trio o nā PowerBooks hou he trackball i hoʻohui ʻia no ka kāohi ʻana i ka cursor.

Ua puka mālie nā ʻano hiʻohiʻona like ʻole o nā PowerBooks mai ka hale hana a Apple:

I ka hopena, ʻo ka kūleʻa o ka PowerBook 100 he mea kupanaha no Apple ponoʻī. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ka hui i "wale" miliona kālā no kā lākou kūʻai ʻana, akā ua hoʻokumu ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i ka manaʻo i ka hui i manaʻo ʻia. I kāna makahiki mua o ke kūʻai ʻana, ua loaʻa ka PowerBook iā Apple ma mua o $ 1 biliona a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he kamepiula no ka mea ʻoihana huakaʻi, kahi mākeke a Mac i hakakā mua e komo. I ka makahiki 1992, ua kōkua ke kūʻai aku ʻo PowerBook i ka loaʻa kālā he $7,1 biliona, ʻo ia ka makahiki kālā kūleʻa o Apple a hiki i kēia lā.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole hoʻohana hou ʻo Apple i ka inoa PowerBook, ʻaʻohe kānalua ua hoʻololi maoli kēia kamepiula i ke ʻano o ka nānā ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o nā laptops-a ua kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi hoʻololi i ka helu kelepona.

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