Eyona ndlela ihamba phambili kuma-2000: ii-10 ezili-10 ze-Apple ezingapheliyo

01 ngo-11

Amaxesha amaninzi e-Apple awakalibalekiyo

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Ukugqiba malunga neyona nto ephambili ye-Apple kwiminyaka ye-2000 yayingeyona into elula. Ndakhetha iziganeko ezikhunjulwayo kunyaka ngamnye, ukususela ngonyaka ka-2000 ukuya ku-2009. Ukuba kukho into enyantyikwano eyenzekayo ngoDisemba, kuya kufuneka sihlele uludwe kwaye senze i-Top Eleven Best okanye Iziganeko ezimbi kunazo zonke kwi-2000s ye-Apple.

Okwangoku, nantsi oko ndicinga ukuba yizona ziganeko ezikhumbulekayo ze-Apple kule minyaka elishumi edlulileyo. Bandibetha kubaluleke kuba babechaphazela iteknoloji, abathengi, okanye inkcubeko ethandwa. Abanye abahambelani ngokufanelekileyo kunoma yiphina inqanaba, kodwa banomdla kakhulu ukunqumla.

Xa uhamba uluhlu lwam, cinga emva kwendlela ezinye iziganeko ezichaphazele zona, abahlobo bakho, okanye ishishini lakho.

Ngaloo nto engqondweni, i-drum roll sicela ...

Iziganeko ezilishumi ezilungileyo okanye ezibi kakhulu kwi-2000s ye-Apple

Uluhlu ngonyaka, ukuqala ngo-2000:

  1. I-Steve Jobs Iba yi-CEO engapheliyo
  2. PowerMac Cube
  3. OS OS yo ku sebenza
  4. iPod
  5. iTunes Music Store
  6. I-Apple ishintshela kwi-Intel
  7. Motorola ROKR
  8. i-iPhone
  9. USteve Jobs Uyeka Ukungabikho, Uhlaselwa Kwintambo Yokutshintsha
  10. I-Apple Abandons i-Macworld Trade Show

02 we-11

I-Steve Jobs Iba yi-CEO engapheliyo

USteve uthabathe isigxina njenge-CEO ye-Apple ngo-2000

I-Steve Jobs Iba yi-CEO engapheliyo. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990, i-Apple ifuna i-CEO engapheliyo ukuba ithathe indawo yakwaGile Amelio, owashiya inkampani ephazamisekile ngo-1997. UGil wenze ubuncinane into eyodwa: ukukhohlisa i-Apple ukuthenga iSoftware yeSoft Next. Ngokuhamba kunye no-Next, kunye nabaninzi beenjini zabo, beza uSteve Jobs ngokwakhe, babuyela kwinkampani ayilungelelanise ekuqaleni. Emva kokuba uGili ahambe, ibhodi ye-Apple ibiza ngokuthi uSteve Jobs njenge-CEO yesikhashana. Ngethuba le-2-½ ngonyaka ukukhangela i-CEO esigxina, uSteve wahlawulwa i-$ 1 yomvuzo ngonyaka ngomvuzo.

Kwakhona ngelo-2-½ leminyaka, i-Apple yatshintshela ngokupheleleyo, ngokusekelwe ngokubanzi kwi-Steve Jobs kunye nemveliso entsha ye-Apple njenge iMac ne-iBook.

Ngethuba le-2000 iMicimbi ye-Macworld e-San Francisco, uSteve Jobs wamemezela ukuba uthatha iimbombo ze-Apple kwakhona, njenge-CEO yexesha elizeleyo, ukuhlawula inxalenye 'yesikhashana' yesikhundla sakhe somsebenzi. USteve wenza ukuba isihloko sakhe esitsha sibe yi-iCEO, ngenxa yempumelelo enkulu yeMac, iBook kunye neminye imikhiqizo.

03 we-11

PowerMac Cube

PowerMac G4 Cube. Ngobubele be-Apple

Ehlotyeni ka-2000, uSteve Jobs utyhila indalo yakhe entsha: iMetroMac Cube.

ICube iqukethe iprojekthi ye-G4 PowerPC, i-CD-RW yokulayisha i-slot, okanye i-DVD umfundi. Kwakhona kwakukho isakhiwo esisodwa se-AGP ekwakheni ikhadi levidiyo, kunye nakwii-fireWire ne-USB ezichwebeni. Inkqubo yonke ibhalwe kwi-cube ye-8x8, eyayihlala kwindawo eqhotyoshelweyo ye-acrylic eyongeze ezimbini intshi yokuphakama, iphakamisa iCube phezu komhlaba ukuvumela umoya ukuba uphumelele kwi-vents yayo ephantsi. ICube yayingekho umtsalane, kwaye yayingasetyenziswanga.

I-Cube's aesthetics yayinokuphumelela, kodwa ihlupheke ekuthengiseni i-lackluster kunye nethuba lokunyusa. Ukongezelela, imodeli yasekuqaleni yayidume ngokuqulunqa imichiza kwiigobolondo ze-acrylic. Kwakungenakunceda ukuba iCube ibe yindleko ephezulu kune desktop PowerMac G4, eyayinweba ngakumbi kwaye inamandla ngakumbi.

ICube ayizange iphele. Kunoko, i-Apple imisiwe ukuveliswa ngoJulayi ka-2001, iqukumbela ngokukhawuleza kwinkqubo apho i-Apple ibonakala ilahleke ngokuthe tye ukuthengisa.

04 we-11

OS OS yo ku sebenza

OS X 10.0. Ngobubele be-Apple

Ngo-Matshi 24, 2001, i-Apple yakhulula i-OS X 10.0 (i-Cheetah). Ifumaneka kwi-$ 129, i-OS X ibonakalise ukuqala kokuphela kwe-Mac OS yeklasi, kunye nokunyuka kwe-OS entsha ngokusekelwe kwi-UNIX.

Ukuze ugcine ukuhambelana nenani elikhulu lezicelo ze-OS 9 ezisetyenziswayo, i-OS X yakwazi ukuqhuba imodeli ekhethekileyo 'yeClass' yokuvumelanisa eyayivumela i-OS 9 zokusebenza ukuba zisebenze.

Ukukhululwa kokuqala kwe-OS X kwakungekho ngaphandle kweziphene zayo. I-OS yayicotha, yayinemfuneko yenkqubo apho ama-Mac aphezulu awakwazi ukuhlangabezana ngaphandle kokuphucula, kwaye yayine-interface yomsebenzisi eyahluke ngokuphawulekayo kwi-interface ye-OS 9 eyenziwa ngabasebenzisi be-Mac kunye nabathandayo.

Kodwa nangona ziphoso zalo, i-OS X 10.0 yazisa abasebenzisi beMac kwiimpawu ezintsha eza kuba yinto yesibini kubasebenzisi bokugqibela: iDock, indlela entsha yokulungiswa kwezicelo; I-Aqua, isikhombisi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi obonisa isibindi, kunye namaqhosha 'avumelekile', ukubhekisela kwiifowuni ezikhanyayo ezibonakalayo ezenziwa nguSteve Jobs ngexesha lokusungula; Vula GL; PDF; kwaye, abatsha kubasebenzisi be-Mac, imemori ekhuselweyo. Ungakwazi ukuqhuba izicelo ezininzi ngaphandle kwesicelo esichaphazelayo xa siphelile.

Nangona i-OS X 10.0 eneengxaki ezininzi, yakha isiseko sokuba zonke iinguqulelo ze-OS X zakhiwe phezu kwayo.

05 we-11

iPod

IPod yokuqala isizukulwana. Ngobubele be-Apple

U-2001 wawungumnyaka wokuvalela iimveliso ze-Apple. Mhlawumbi okubaluleke kakhulu kwezi zinto zavezwa ngo-Oktobha 23, 2001. I- iPod yayiyimpendulo ye-Apple kumdlali womculo ophathekayo owaziwa nangokuthi ungumdlali we-MP3, isalathiso kwisakhiwo somculo esithandwayo esisetyenziselwa ukudlulisela nokwabelana ngomculo ngelo xesha.

I-Apple yayifuna iimveliso ukukunceda ukuqhuba ukuthengisa kweMicrosoft. Ngelo xesha, i-iMacs yayiyimakhompyutha eyaziwayo kwiidolho zeekholeji, kunye nabasebenzisi be-Mac babethengisa umculo we-MP3 oshiywe kwaye ulungile. I-Apple yayifuna ukuongeza umdlali womculo oya kuba sisizathu sokuqhubeka nokuthenga i-iMacs, ubuncinci kwiikholeji nakwizihlwele ezincinci.

I-Apple iqale ngokukhangela abadlali beemculo abakhoyo, mhlawumbi ngenjongo yokufumana inkampani eyenziwe, kunye nokuphindaphinda abadlali njengabo. Kodwa uSteve Jobs kunye nenkampani ayifumananga nayiphi na into ekhoyo engekho enkulu kakhulu kwaye yayingenangqondo, encinci, okanye yayingenawo umsebenzisi womsebenzisi "owawukholwanga ngokungathandabuzekiyo" (ingcaciso enokwenzeka eyenziwe nguSteve Jobs ekuqalisweni iPod).

Ngoko uSteve wathi uphume wandenzele umdlali womculo ophathekayo. Kwaye benza. Kwaye yonke imbali.

Oo, igama le-iPod? I-rumor inegama elivela kumkopishi owakhunjuzwa ngeepods kwi-movie '2001: I-Space Odyssey' xa ebona enye yeprototypes.

06 ngo-11

iTunes Music Store

ITown Store. Ngobubele be-Apple

I-iTunes njengomdlali womculo we-Macintosh sele ifumaneka ukususela ngo-2001. Kodwa iSitolo seTunes sisinto esitsha ngokutsha: Isitolo se-intanethi esavumele abalandeli bomculo ukuba bathenge nokukhuphela umculo wabo ozithandayo, ngengoma okanye nge-albhamu.

Nangona le ngcamango yayingeyintsha, i-Apple yakwazi ukwenza into engekho mntu wakwazi ukuyenza ngempumelelo: ukukholisa zonke iibhile zokurekhoda ezinkulu zokuthengisa umculo okhutshwe kwi-intanethi kwivenkile enye.

Ngethuba le-Macworld iSan Francisco idilesi eyintloko, uSteve Jobs uthe, "Sakwazi ukuxoxisana ngeentengiso ezinkulu kunye nazo zonke iilebula ezinkulu." Isitoreji seTunes sisungulwe ngamathrekhi omculo angama-200 000 ukusuka kwiileyibrari ezinkulu ezirekhodiweyo ezinhlanu, ngokulandelelana kweendleko ezingama-99, kungekho kubhaliswa okufunekayo.

Inguqu yokuqala yeTunes Store avunyelwe abasebenzisi ukuba bahlole isahluko se-30 seseyiphi na ingoma, khuphela umculo ukusetyenziswa kwiMacs ezintathu, kwaye uthumele umculo kumaphi na iPod. Kwakhona ukuvumela ukutshisa okungenamkhawulo kwamathrekhi omculo kumaCD.

07 we-11

I-Apple ishintshela kwi-Intel

Intel Core i7 processor esebenzisiwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2009 iMac iMic. Intel

"I-Mac OS X iholele ebomini ubomi obomibini kwiminyaka emihlanu edluleyo," watsho uSteve Jobs kwiNkomfa Yehlabathi Ephuthumayo Yasehlabathini e-San Francisco ngoJuni ka-2005.

Ubomi obufihlayo awayebhekisele kuyo kukuba iinjineli zase-Apple zazivavanye i-OS X kwi-Intel-based hardware ukususela ekuqaleni kokuqala. Ngeli tyhilelo, i-Apple iyeka ukusebenzisa abaprosesa be-PowerPC kwi-IBM ne-Motorola, kwaye yatshintshwa kwiiMicrosoft ngokusekelwe kwiinkqubo ze-Intel.

I-Apple isebenzisa iprojekthi esuka kwi-Motorola kwiminyaka yokuqala yeMacintosh, kwaye yatshintsha utshintsho lwe-PowerPC olwenziwe ngu-Motorola kunye ne-IBM. I-Apple yayisenza utshintsho lwesibini kwi-architecture entsha yeprojekthi, kodwa ngeli xesha, inkampani yakhetha ukuzitshintsha kwi-processor yomqhubi weprojekthi, kunye neefayili ezifanayo ezisetyenziswa kwi-PCs.

Ukuhamba kwakungekho nto ebangelwa ukungaphumeleli kwiprosesa ye-PowerPC G5 ukuqhubeka nomdlalo wokusebenza kunye ne-Intel. Ehlotyeni ka-2003, i-Apple yakhulula i-PowerPC G5 Macs yayo yokuqala. Kwi-2 GHz, i-G5 Mac iphumelele kwi-Intel PC esebenza kwi-3 GHz. Kodwa kule minyaka mibini elandelayo, i-G5 yawela emva kwe-Intel, kwaye ayizange ihambe ngaphaya kwe-2.5 GHz ngesivinini. Ukongezelela, isakhiwo se-G5 sasiyi-monster elambile ngamandla kangangokuthi i-Apple ayizange ikwazi ukungena kwi-laptop. Into eyakufuneka inike, kwaye ikhangele ngasemva, ukufudukela kwi-Intel kwakungenye yezona zigqibo ezilungileyo kakhulu ze-Apple ezilishumi.

08 we-11

Motorola ROKR

Nangona ngokoqobo i- ROKR yintengo ye-Motorola, le fowuni ye-candybar ye-e-mail e-E398 ibonisa i-Apple yokuqala ye-inay kwimakethe yefowuni.

I-Motorola kunye ne-Apple basebenze ndawonye ukuzisa i-Apple iTunes system yomculo kwi-ROKR, kodwa iinkampani ezimbini azizange zisebenze kunye ngendlela engagqibekanga. I-Motorola ayifuni ukwenza utshintsho oluninzi kwi-E398 ukulungiselela ukudlala komculo, kwaye i-Apple ayithandi i-interface.

Ifowuni isebenzisa ikhadi le-microSD elingu-512 MB, kodwa lithintelwe yi-firmware yalo kuphela ukuvumela iingoma eziyi-iTunes ezingama-100 ukuba zilayishwe naliphi na ixesha. Izizathu zokuthintela zicatshulwa, kodwa mhlawumbi ukuba i-Apple ayifuni ukuba i-ROKR ikhuphisane ne-iPod yayo, okanye iileyile zokurekhoda azifunanga amathrekhi omculo okwenza ukuxhamla kwi-iPod kwindawo elawulwayo kwi-cell phone. ifowuni ebonwe ukuba ivule ngakumbi.

I-ROKR yayingaphumeleli, kodwa i-Apple yafunda izifundo ezibalulekileyo, izifundo ziya kusebenza kwimveliso entsha ezayo.

09 we-11

i-iPhone

IPhone yasekuqaleni. Ngobubele be-Apple

Okokuqala kwaziswa ngoJanuwari 2007 iMacworld eSan Francisco, kwaye yakhululwa ngoJuni olandelayo, i- iPhone ibonakalise ukunyuka okukhulu kwe-Apple kwimakethe ye-smartphone.

Kwimakethi yase-US, i-original version ye-iPhone yayigxile kwi-AT & T, kwaye yagijima kwi-AT & T ye-network yeselula ye-EDGE. Ifumaneka kumanqaku angama-4 no-8 GB, i-iPhone ine-interface-based interface kunye neqhosha elilodwa elibuyisele abasebenzisi kwisikrini sasekhaya.

I-iPhone ibandakanye umdlali womculo we-iPod we-Apple kwaye inike amandla okujonga iifilimu, imibukiso yeTV, kunye nevidiyo, ukubamba nokubonisa iifoto, kwaye usebenzise izicelo.

Kwi-original incarnation yayo, i-iPhone kuphela isekela izicelo ezisekelwe kwiwebhu, kodwa ngaphakathi kwexesha elifutshane abaphuhlisi babhala izicelo zekhowudi zomthonyama. I-Apple yamkela abenzi be-iPhone emva kwangoko, ukubonelela nge-iPhone SDK (i-Software Developer Kits) kunye nezixhobo zophuhliso.

I- iPhone yayiyimpumelelo yokubalekela. Iimodeli zokulandelelana zibhekiselele kwimiphumo yenguqulo yokuqala, ukukhawuleza ukuphucula, ukunyusa imemori emininzi, nokudala isiseko sesicelo esithintela nantoni na eyenziwa kwezinye iifowuni.

10 we-11

USteve Jobs Uyeka Ukungabikho, Uhlaselwa Kwintambo Yokutshintsha

Kwakuyintetho yesincoko ukususela ngo-2008 kwiNkomfa Yehlabathi Yabaphuhlisi behlabathi. USteve Jobs wayekhangeleka, enqabileyo, ethatywe, kwaye ukucatshulwa kwandile. Oku kwakungesihlandlo sokuqala uSteve wayegula. Ngo-2004, waphelelwa ngempumelelo ngophando lomdlavuza we-pancreatic.

Oku kwabangela abaninzi ukuba bazibuze ukuba umhlaza usubuyele, kwaye ukucatshulwa akuzange kudangele xa iindaba zeBloomberg ziphosa ngokugqithiseleyo umcimbi kaSteve . Ngexesha leenyanga zasebusika ezikhokelela ku-Macworld 2009, uSteve wathi ingxaki yakhe yinto eyimfihlo, kodwa oko kwakubaluleke kakhulu kwimpilo enokuthi ilungiswe ngokutya.

Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2009, uSteve wathumela i-imeyile kubasebenzi be-Apple bememezela ukuba wayehla esikhundleni sakhe njenge-CEO ukuthatha ikhefu leenyanga ezintandathu zokungabikho. Kwi-imeyile, uSteve wathi:

"Ngelishwa, umnqweno phezu kwempilo yam ihlala iphazamisa nje mna kunye nosapho yam, kodwa wonke umntu e-Apple. Ukongezelela, ngeveki edlulileyo, ndifunde ukuba imiba enxulumene nempilo yinkimbinkimbi kunokuba ndicinga ngaphambili.

Ukuze ndikhuphe ngaphandle kokugxininisa kwaye ndijolise kwimpilo yam, kwaye ndivumele wonke umntu e-Apple ukuba agxile ekuhambiseni iimveliso ezingaqhelekanga, ndiye ndagqiba ekubeni ndithathe ikhefu lokungabikho kuze kube sekupheleni kukaJuni. "

Kamva kwafumanisa ukuba ngo-Ephreli 2009, uSteve Jobs wafumana ukufakelwa kwesibindi, kodwa wayeselungele ukubuyela ngoJuni njengoko kuhleliwe.

USteve wabuya ngoJuni, wasebenza ngexeshana kulo lonke ihlobo, kwaye wenza ukubonakala komntu ngo-Septemba, ethatha isigaba sokuzisa ii-iPod ezintsha, ukuhlaziywa kwesoftware ye-iTunes kunye nokunye.

11 kweye-11

Apple Abandons Macworld Show

I-Apple kunye neMacworld bebathathe inxaxheba kwisithuba esisodwa okanye ngaphezulu kunye neenkomfa ukususela ngo-1985. Ekuqaleni kwagcinwa eSan Francisco, iMacWorld yagqalwa kamva ibe ngumboniso wonyaka owenziwe eBoston ehlobo naseSan Francisco ebusika. Imbonakalo ye-Macworld yayisisigqeba esona sigqwesileyo sokuba uthembekileyo kuMac ulindele iimveliso ezintsha zeMic ngonyaka.

Xa uSteve Jobs ebuyela ku-Apple, i-Macworld expo yathatha intsingiselo entsha, kuba idilesi eyintloko, ngokuqhelekileyo ihanjiswa nguSteve, yaba yinto ebalaseleyo kweso siganeko.

Ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-Apple kunye neMacworld baqala ukubonisa ukunyuka ngo-1998 xa, phantsi kwengcinezelo evela ku-Apple, Macworld ishukunywe esuka eBoston iya eNew York. I-Apple yayifuna ukunyuka ngenxa yokuba yayikholelwa ukuba iNew York yayiyiziko lokupapasha, enye yeyona nto isebenzayo.

I-New York ibonisa ukuba ayithenganga kakuhle, nangona kunjalo, kwaye abanini beMacworld bahambisa umcimbi wehlobo ebuyela eBoston ngo-2004. I-Apple yenqaba ukuya kwibala laseBoston, eyagqitywa emva kwe-Macworld ka-2005.

I-Macworld San Francisco ibonisa ukuqhubeka kunye ne-Apple njengothatha inxaxheba kwiDisemba 2008, xa i-Apple yamemezela ukuba i-Macworld San Francisco yo-2009 iya kubonisa ukuba iya kuba yinto yokugqibela eya kuthatha inxaxheba kuyo.

Kukholelwa ukuba i-Apple ikhuphe ngaphandle komboniso ngenxa yokuba iimveliso kunye neenkonzo zayo zihamba ngaphaya komgaqo-khompyutha kwiikhompyutha ze-Macintosh.