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Tarihin kwamfutoci masu ɗaukuwa daga taron bitar Apple yana da tsayi da yawa da banbanta. Hanyar da kamfanin Cupertino ya ɗauka daga samfurin farko na wannan nau'in zuwa na yanzu MacBooks, ya kasance sau da yawa convoluted, cike da cikas, amma kuma babu shakka nasarorin. Daga cikin waɗannan nasarorin, PowerBook 100, wanda za mu ambata a takaice a cikin labarin yau, ana iya haɗa shi ba tare da tattaunawa ba.

Littafin Powerbook 100 An ƙaddamar da kasuwa a cikin rabin na biyu na Oktoba 1991. A lokacin, ɗan adam har yanzu yana da 'yan shekaru kaɗan daga zuwan Wi-Fi da sauran fasahohin mara waya - ko kuma, fadada su - amma ko da haka, mafi sauƙi. Littattafan rubutu mai yiwuwa sun zama kayayyaki da ake ƙara so. PowerBook 100 shine ke da alhakin kawo kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci cikin al'ada na tsawon lokaci ba PowerBook 100 ba shine ƙoƙarin farko na Apple akan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, amma mutane da yawa suna la'akari da ita kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta farko ta Apple. Mac Portable daga 1989, alal misali, a ka'idar ita ce kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, amma har yanzu nauyinta yana da yawa, haka ma farashinsa - wanda shine dalilin da ya sa bai zama kasuwa ba.

Tare da fitowar sabon PowerBooks, Apple ya rage farashin sosai, aƙalla idan aka kwatanta da Mac Portable da aka ambata. Oktoba 1991 PowerBooks sun zo cikin jeri uku: ƙaramin PowerBook 100, matsakaicin PowerBook 140, da babban PowerBook 170. Farashin su ya tashi daga $2 zuwa $300. Baya ga farashin, Apple ya kuma rage nauyi na sabon abu mai ɗaukar hoto. Yayin da Mac Portable ya kai kilogiram bakwai, nauyin sabbin PowerBooks ya kai kilogiram 4.

PowerBook 100 ya bambanta da siffa daga PowerBook 140 da 170. Wannan ya faru ne saboda na biyun Apple ne ya tsara su, yayin da Sony ke da hannu wajen kera PowerBook 100. PowerBook 100 ya zo da 2MB na RAM mai faɗaɗawa (har zuwa 8 MB) da kuma 20 MB zuwa 40 MB. Driver ɗin floppy kawai ya zo daidai da ƙira biyu masu tsayi, amma masu amfani za su iya siyan shi azaman keɓaɓɓen yanki na waje. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, bambance-bambancen fasalin uku na sabon PowerBooks shine hadadden ƙwallon waƙa don sarrafa siginan kwamfuta.

Daban-daban nau'ikan PowerBooks a hankali sun fito daga taron bitar Apple:

A ƙarshe, nasarar PowerBook 100 ta ɗan ban mamaki har ma ga Apple kanta. Kamfanin ya ware dala miliyan "kamar" don tallan su, amma kamfen ɗin talla ya yi tasiri ga rukunin da aka yi niyya. A cikin shekarar farko ta tallace-tallace, PowerBook ya sami Apple fiye da dala biliyan 1 kuma ya tabbatar da matsayinsa na kwamfuta ga ɗan kasuwa mai balaguro, kasuwar da Mac ya yi fama da shi a baya. A cikin 1992, tallace-tallace na PowerBook ya taimaka wajen samar da dala biliyan 7,1 a cikin kudaden shiga, shekara mafi nasara na kasafin kudi na Apple zuwa yau.

Ko da yake Apple baya amfani da sunan PowerBook, babu shakka cewa wannan kwamfutar ta canza yanayin yadda kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci suke kama da aiki - kuma sun taimaka fara juyin juya hali a cikin lissafin wayar hannu.

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