《名人傳記》之喬布斯億萬富豪嬉皮士79:Macintosh終于即將面世

Steve Jobs was racing to ensure the Macintosh

喬布斯想要先聲奪人

was the first personal computer to have icons on the screen.

確保Macintosh是第一臺屏幕上有圖標的個人電腦

But just before it was due to be unveiled,

而就在Macintosh即將發(fā)布時

Microsoft suddenly announced Windows I for the PC,

微軟突然發(fā)布了應用于個人電腦的操作系統(tǒng) Windows I

which Apple feared would be similar.

蘋果很擔心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"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

我倒是對比爾·蓋茨的反應印象深刻

because Steve Jobs yelling at you with his full force is kind of a...

因為喬布斯聲嘶力竭地對著你大吼時 實在是...

a pretty frightening thing for most people!

對大多數(shù)人來說 實在是非常嚇人的!

But he was kind of cool and calm.

但是蓋茨對此卻十分鎮(zhèn)靜

Just looked Steve back in the eye and said, "Well, Steve,

他與史蒂夫對視著 說"你看 史蒂夫

you know, what you're saying is one way of looking at it,

你所說的 只是看待問題的一種方式

but I look at it a different way.

但我卻用另一種方式來看這件事

It's more like you had a rich neighbour named Xerox

這就好比你有一個非常富裕的鄰居 叫施樂

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

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 歷時三年 耗費了數(shù)百萬美金后

the Macintosh computer was ready.

Macintosh終于即將面世

It was the distillation of Steve Jobs' vision

這臺電腦實現(xiàn)了喬布斯對科技的展望

of what technology should be.

那就是

Easy to use, intimate,

簡單易用 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.

這個設計獨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 我們操作計算機并非易事

The only way we can control them was through painstakingly moving

當時 電腦的操作全依仗于一個很難控制的

this crazy little cursor on the screen

怪異的小光標

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