Amaya Toman Kafin iPhone, samfurin da ya fi dacewa daga taron bitar Apple shine kwamfutar Macintosh. A cikin tamanin na karni na karshe, lokacin da Macintosh na farko ya ga hasken rana, amma kamfanin Cupertino bai mallaki alamar kasuwanci ba. Yaya tafiyar Apple ta mallaki sunan Macintosh?
Zai iya zama sha'awar ku
Shekarar ta kasance 1982. Wasiƙar da Steve Jobs ya sa wa hannu da kansa ta isa dakin gwaje-gwaje na McIntosh, wanda ke Birmingham a lokacin. A cikin wasiƙar da aka ambata, wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban kamfanin Apple ya nemi izinin gudanar da dakin gwaje-gwaje na McIntosh don izinin yin amfani da alamar Macintosh. McIntosh Laboratory (asali McIntosh kawai) an kafa shi a cikin 1946 ta Frank McIntosh da Gordon Gow, kuma ya tsunduma cikin kera amplifiers da sauran samfuran sauti. Sunan kamfanin ya fito fili ya yi wahayi zuwa ga sunan wanda ya kafa shi, yayin da sunan kwamfutar Apple mai zuwa (wanda har yanzu yana cikin ci gaba da bincike a lokacin aikace-aikacen Ayyuka) ya dogara ne akan nau'ikan apples waɗanda mahaliccin aikin Macintosh Jef Raskin ya ƙaunaci. Rahotanni sun ce Raskin ya yanke shawarar sanya wa kwamfutocin suna da nau'in apples iri-iri saboda ya sami sunayen kwamfutocin mata masu jima'i. A lokaci guda kuma, Apple ya san game da wanzuwar kamfanin na McIntosh Laboratory, kuma saboda damuwa game da yiwuwar takaddamar alamar kasuwanci, sun yanke shawarar yin amfani da wani nau'i na rubutaccen nau'i na sunayen kwamfutocin su na gaba.
Gidan hoton hoto
Babu yarjejeniya a Apple game da aikin Macintosh. Yayin da Jef Raskin da farko ya hango kwamfutar da za ta iya isa ga kowa gwargwadon iyawa, Jobs yana da ra'ayi daban - maimakon haka, yana son kwamfutar da za ta kasance mafi kyawun samuwa a cikin nau'in ta, ba tare da la'akari da farashinta ba. Daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka yi ittifaqi a kai shi ne sunan kwamfutar. "Muna manne da sunan Macintosh," Steve Jobs ya rubuta a cikin wasikarsa zuwa ga shugaban dakin gwaje-gwaje na McIntosh Gordon Gow a lokacin. Apple ya yi imanin cewa zai iya kulla yarjejeniya da dakin gwaje-gwaje na McIntosh, amma idan har yanzu yana da sunan MAC a matsayin takaitaccen Kwamfuta na Mouse-Activated Computer a ajiye don kwamfutocinsa na gaba. Abin farin ciki ga Apple, Gordon Gow ya nuna aniyar tattaunawa da Ayyuka, kuma ya ba wa Apple izinin yin amfani da sunan Macintosh bayan ya biya kuɗin kuɗi - wanda aka ce kusan dubban daruruwan daloli.
