《名人傳記》之喬布斯億萬(wàn)富豪嬉皮士79:Macintosh終于即將面世
喬布斯想要先聲奪人
was the first personal computer to have icons on the screen.
確保Macintosh是第一臺(tái)屏幕上有圖標(biāo)的個(gè)人電腦
But just before it was due to be unveiled,
而就在Macintosh即將發(fā)布時(shí)
Microsoft suddenly announced Windows I for the PC,
微軟突然發(fā)布了應(yīng)用于個(gè)人電腦的操作系統(tǒng) Windows I
which Apple feared would be similar.
蘋果很擔(dān)心Macintosh系統(tǒng)被山寨了
Jobs couldn't contain his fury.
喬布斯抑制不住自己的憤怒
Steve was saying, "How can you do this to us?"
他說(shuō)"你怎么能這樣?"
"We trusted you, you betrayed us."
"我們這么信任你 你卻背叛了我們"
And I was impressed with Bill Gate's demeanour
我倒是對(duì)比爾·蓋茨的反應(yīng)印象深刻
because Steve Jobs yelling at you with his full force is kind of a...
因?yàn)閱滩妓孤曀涣叩貙?duì)著你大吼時(shí) 實(shí)在是...
a pretty frightening thing for most people!
對(duì)大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō) 實(shí)在是非常嚇人的!
But he was kind of cool and calm.
但是蓋茨對(duì)此卻十分鎮(zhèn)靜
Just looked Steve back in the eye and said, "Well, Steve,
他與史蒂夫?qū)σ曋?說(shuō)"你看 史蒂夫
you know, what you're saying is one way of looking at it,
你所說(shuō)的 只是看待問(wèn)題的一種方式
but I look at it a different way.
但我卻用另一種方式來(lái)看這件事
It's more like you had a rich neighbour named Xerox
這就好比你有一個(gè)非常富裕的鄰居 叫施樂(lè)
and I broke into their house to steal the television set
我闖入了他們的屋子去偷電視機(jī)
and found you had stolen it before I could."
卻發(fā)現(xiàn) 你已經(jīng)先我一步偷走了它"
Finally, after three years and millions of dollars,
最后 歷時(shí)三年 耗費(fèi)了數(shù)百萬(wàn)美金后
the Macintosh computer was ready.
Macintosh終于即將面世
It was the distillation of Steve Jobs' vision
這臺(tái)電腦實(shí)現(xiàn)了喬布斯對(duì)科技的展望
of what technology should be.
那就是
Easy to use, intimate,
簡(jiǎn)單易用 平易近人
intended to change the lives of ordinary people.
旨在改變普通人的生活
The future of Apple rested on this strikingly-designed beige box.
這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)獨(dú)特的米色盒子承載了蘋果的全部希望
Computers before the Macintosh kept us at arms length.
Macintosh誕生之前 我們操作計(jì)算機(jī)并非易事
The only way we can control them was through painstakingly moving
當(dāng)時(shí) 電腦的操作全依仗于一個(gè)很難控制的
this crazy little cursor on the screen
怪異的小光標(biāo)
and it looked like an alien device with these glowing green letters.
綠色的字母一閃一閃 它看上去就像是個(gè)外星人的玩意
The Macintosh put it on human scale.
而Macintosh卻讓它變得人性化了
Hello, I am Macintosh.
你好 我是Macintosh
