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Rabin na biyu na 8s alama ce mai ƙalubale da muhimmin ci gaba ga Apple. A wancan lokacin, kamfanin ya kasance cikin rikici mai zurfi, kuma mai yiwuwa kaɗan ne kawai ke fatan komawar sa cikin manyan kamfanoni masu nasara. Gaskiyar cewa a ƙarshe ya yi nasara saboda abubuwa da yawa. Babu shakka, daga cikinsu har da sakin manhajar Mac OS XNUMX, wanda ya kawo wa Apple karuwar kudaden shigar da ake bukata.

A ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1997, Apple ya gabatar da tsarin aikin sa na Mac OS 8 Shi ne babban sabuntawa na farko ga tsarin aiki na Macintosh tun lokacin da aka saki System 7 a 1991, kuma Mac OS 8 ya kusan zama babban nasara tare da masu amfani. buga. Mac OS 8 ya kawo saukin hawan igiyar ruwa ta Intanet, sabon yanayin “girma uku”, da sauran fasaloli. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan fitowar ta, ya fara samun fa'ida mai kyau da kuma nishadantarwa, amma ya zo a lokaci mai wahala ga Apple.

Duk da cewa kowa yana danganta Steve Jobs a shugaban Apple da OS X, amma a gaskiya sabon tsarin aiki na farko da aka saki bayan komawarsa kamfanin shine Mac OS 8. Duk da haka, gaskiyar ita ce Steve Jobs yana da Mac OS. 8 yana da kaɗan a gama gari - haɓakarsa ya faru lokacin da Ayyuka ke aiki a NeXT da Pixar. Magabacin Ayyuka, Gil Amelio, ya sauka daga matsayinsa na jagoranci 'yan sa'o'i kadan kafin Mac OS 8 ya ga hasken rana a hukumance.

Ta hanyoyi da yawa, Mac OS 8 ya bi diddigin ayyukan da aka yi a kan aikin Copland da ya gaza. Kamfanin Apple ne ya gabatar da shi a watan Maris na 1994. Masanan Apple sun gabatar da Copland a matsayin cikakken sake fasalin Mac OS, wanda ya kamata ya kasance tare da kaddamar da kwamfutocin Mac na farko tare da na'ura mai sarrafa PowerPC. Koyaya, masu haɓaka software sun ci gaba da rasa lokacin ƙarshe. A ƙarshe, Apple ya haɗa aikin Copland a cikin wani aiki tare da sunan aiki System 8, wanda a ƙarshe ya samo asali zuwa Mac OS 8 da aka ambata. Mac OS 8 ya ba da izinin gyare-gyare da yawa na fasali da abubuwa kamar tsarin rubutu, launuka, da bayanan tebur na hoto. . Sauran abubuwan haɓakawa sun haɗa da sabbin menus mahallin faɗowa, ingantaccen gungurawa, haɗaɗɗen mai binciken gidan yanar gizo, da ingantattun ayyuka da yawa a cikin Mai Neman ɗan ƙasa.

Sabuwar tsarin aiki da aka sabunta ya zama babban nasarar kasuwanci. Siyar da Mac OS 8, wanda farashinsa akan $99 a lokacin, ya zarce abin da ake tsammani sau hudu, inda aka sayar da kwafi miliyan 1,2 a cikin makonni biyu na farko na samuwa. Wannan ya sanya Mac OS 8 ya zama samfurin software mafi nasara a Apple a lokacin.

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