《名人傳記》之喬布斯如何改變世界4:蘋(píng)果一代
He ultimately hits upon this idea
他最終認(rèn)為
that computer technology can be the source of transcendence,
電腦技術(shù)將成為歷史性的革命
that it can transform our lives,
我們的生活將徹底為之改觀
that it can help us live on a different plane, a different dimension.
進(jìn)入全新的維度和層面
But in the here and now in the mid 1970s
但在70年代中期
computers were prehistoric and enormous.
電腦猶如史前生物般龐大
Back in the '60s and '70s,
在六七十年代
think of what the computer looked like.
電腦的樣子與今日大相徑庭
They were the size of an office.
大小和房間差不多
Only the millitary and large banks could own one of these things.
只有軍隊(duì)和大型銀行才能擁有這樣一臺(tái)裝備
The very first Steve Jobs' computer
史蒂夫·喬布斯的第一臺(tái)電腦
was acturally the brain child of his friend, Steve Wozniak.
實(shí)際上是他朋友史蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克的創(chuàng)意
Wozniak did the wiring and Jobs did the dreaming
沃茲尼亞克負(fù)責(zé)實(shí)際操作 而喬布斯負(fù)責(zé)構(gòu)思未來(lái)
and be hold, the Apple 1.
各位請(qǐng)看 蘋(píng)果一代
No power supply.No casing, just a beginning.
沒(méi)有電源 沒(méi)有封裝 只是個(gè)雛形
Jobs and Waz unveiled the prototype to their fellow tech geeks at the Home Brew Computer Club in 1976.
1976年 喬布斯和沃茲在家用電腦俱樂(lè)部向其他研究技術(shù)的同仁們推出了蘋(píng)果機(jī)的原型
Everybody kind of huddled over in a group
俱樂(lè)部中的所有成員都會(huì)聚在一起
and you can go over there and talk about building a 6502.
你可以上前和他們討論如何制作6502微處理器
In the first meeting where I saw Steve Jobs,
我第一次在會(huì)上見(jiàn)到史蒂夫·喬布斯時(shí)
he was rushing around madly,
他瘋狂地到處跑亂竄
trying to listen in on every one of those conversations
在場(chǎng)同時(shí)進(jìn)行的眾多討論
that was going on simultaneously.
他都不想錯(cuò)過(guò)
He had a real intensity to his demeanor.
他的求知欲望很強(qiáng)烈
Jobs' imagined a machine for the people.
喬布斯為大家構(gòu)思了一臺(tái)機(jī)器
And he said he was the man to make it happen.
并且聲稱(chēng)他要使之成為現(xiàn)實(shí)
The two Steves found an investor
這二人組找到了投資者
and formed Apple Computer Inc.
并成立了蘋(píng)果電腦公司
The name apple, the friendly shape,
蘋(píng)果一名瑯瑯上口 造型可人
the friendly advertising we did,
再加上很有親和力的廣告
Steve was a genius at marketing.
史蒂夫就是個(gè)營(yíng)銷(xiāo)天才
It helped bring this whole category of device to the world.
這樣有益于把這一整套設(shè)備向全世界推廣
