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A cikin Maris 1987, shekaru uku bayan fitowar ainihin Macintosh 128K, Apple ya gabatar da magajinsa, Macinotsh II. Ko da yake wasu nau'ikan Mac sun ga hasken rana a halin yanzu, Romawa biyu a cikin sunan wannan kwamfutar sun nuna a fili cewa wannan ƙirar ta musamman ita ce babban haɓakar wannan layin samfurin. Apple ya yaba da Macintosh II nasa daidai - yana alfahari da ingantaccen haɓakawa dangane da kayan masarufi, zaɓi don siyan nunin launi (wanda ba daidai ba ne aka bayar a lokacin) da sabon gine-gine. Buɗaɗɗen nau'in sa shine abin da ya keɓance Macintosh baya ga wasu samfuran, kuma godiya gare shi, masu amfani suna da zaɓuɓɓuka masu yawa don gyara kwamfutar.

Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka ba da damar Apple ya saki Macintosh tare da bude gine-gine shine gaskiyar cewa Steve Jobs - mai adawa da irin wannan damar - ba ya tare da kamfanin a lokacin. Tun da farko, Steve Jobs ya kasance mai sha'awar kwamfutoci masu "aiki kawai" kuma masu amfani ba sa buƙatar ƙarin gyare-gyare, gyare-gyare da kari. A cewar Jobs, kwamfutar da ta dace ita ce injin da matsakaicin mai amfani ba zai samu damar budewa ba.

Macintosh II ya ƙyale masu amfani da shisshigi iri-iri da gyare-gyare ba tare da ɓata garanti ba. Godiya ga buɗaɗɗen gine-ginensa, samun dama da ramummuka don katunan kowane nau'i, wannan ƙirar ta sami lakabin "Buɗe Mac". Wani dalili na sha'awar shi ne yuwuwar samun nunin launi don Macintosh II, yayin da masu amfani suka yi godiya da zaɓin, kuma sun burge su da sabon na'ura mai inci goma sha uku na Mac, wanda ya yi girma sosai don lokacinsa. Macintosh II an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafa 16 MHz Motorola 68020, har zuwa 4MB na RAM kuma har zuwa 80MB. An sayar da Macintosh II ba tare da keyboard ba, amma masu amfani za su iya siyan ko dai ADB Apple Keyboard ko Apple Extended Keyboard. An gabatar da Macintosh II a taron AppleWorld, farashin ainihin samfurin shine dala 5498.

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