NgoMeyi 6, 1998, i-Apple yethula eyokuqala iMac. Ngokungangabazeki umcimbi ovuselele inkampani eyathintwa ukufa nokuthi ukube ayizange ifike emakethe nge-iMac yoguquko, ngokuqinisekile namuhla sonke besiyophatha i-smartphone ye-Android ephaketheni lethu.
Ukuqhuma kwedizayini nombala okuqhume njengentabamlilo eqhuma emakethe yekhompuyutha yomuntu siqu eyisicefe. Impumelelo nge Steve Jobs nethimba lakhe ngokungangabazeki lisize ukusindisa i-Apple ehlulekayo.
Lezi zinsuku ziphawula iminyaka engu-25 kwethulwa idivayisi, ehlangene neyokuqala iPhone futhi eyokuqala iPad umake umlando we-Apple. Ngaphandle kwabo, umdondoshiya one-apula elunyiwe kungenzeka ukuthi besingekho manje.
Apple wethulwa emhlabeni wonke ekuqaleni May ka-1998 iMac yakhe yenguquko. Umqondo omusha wekhompiyutha yomuntu siqu, engazange iqale ukuthengiswa kuze kube maphakathi no-Agasti wonyaka ofanayo.
Ikhompyutha i-priori ingenakho ukucaciswa okuchwepheshile kwangaleso sikhathi, kodwa ibinomklamo kanye nesistimu yokusebenza eyenza yehluke kukho konke okwakukhona emakethe kuze kube yileso sikhathi.
yayineprosesa 233MHz PowerPC G3, 32 MB ye-RAM, i-hard drive engu-4 GB, imonitha eyakhelwe ngaphakathi engu-15-intshi, nezipikha zesitiriyo. Kodwa into eyayimangalisa kakhulu ngokungangabazeki kwakuwukuklanywa kwegobolondo layo elimibalabala. Inguquko impela ngaleso sikhathi.
Futhi kanye nomklamo wayo, i-Apple iphinde yethula igama elisha lamadivayisi ayo. Yena iMac bekuwumkhiqizo wokuqala wenkampani ukufaka igama elithi "i" njengohlamvu lokuqala lwegama. Ngemva kwe-iMac, i-iPhone edumile, i-iPod, i-iPad, njll., njll.
Abaningi bethu bayawazi umlando we-Apple kusukela ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule. Ngo-1985 abaqondisi benkampani "bamema" uSteve Jobs ukuba ashiye inkampani, futhi kwaba njalo. Futhi i-apula lawela phansi. Ngendlela yokuthi ngo-1997 Imisebenzi yabuya izozama ukusindisa inkampani eyayikhona onqenqemeni lokuqothuka.
Futhi wakwenza ngonyaka olandelayo ngenxa ye-iMac yakhe. Ngenxa yokwethulwa kwayo, i-Apple yazuza ngalowo nyaka ngaphezu kwalokho Ama-dollar ayi-400. Futhi leso kwakuyisiqalo nje. Kusukela lapho, ukukhula kwenkampani kwaba yinto emangalisayo, kwaze kwaba yilokho i-Apple eyikho manje.