《名人傳記》之喬布斯一代創(chuàng)意天才132:蘋果第二代電腦獲得空前成功

A year after the company started,

在蘋果電腦公司成立一年之后

the Apple II computer debuted

蘋果第二代電腦

at the West Coast Computer Faire

在西岸電腦節(jié)首度推出

in April 1977

在1977年4月

It had a sleek plastic case,

第二代電腦擁有流線型塑料外殼

curved corners, color capabilities

圓滑的角位和紛繽的色彩

and the new apple rainbow colored logo.

以及全新的蘋果彩虹標志

They were pretty and that was big.

這電腦真的很漂亮而且還很大

They were. . even then,

它們即使是現(xiàn)在

Steve's sensibility for design,

也展現(xiàn)了喬布斯的設計靈感

it was prettier than the other ones

它們比較其他通常裝在架上

which were sort of rack-mounted labby things.

那些很刻板的電腦漂亮得多

Steve brought glamour to computing,

喬布斯為電腦和矽谷

to Silicon Valley,

注入了魅力和生命力

and thank God.

真的感謝他

Apple II became a huge success.

蘋果第二代電腦得到空前成功

By June, the company

同年6月,蘋果電腦的營業(yè)額

reached $1 million in sales.

達100萬美元

By August, Apple was proftable.

8月,公司開始錄得盈利

Apple soon introduced computer updates,

之后推出電腦的更新技術

a new disk drive and a printer.

還有新磁碟驅動器和打印機

It also began selling

同時也開始銷售

a unique software program

一款獨一無二的軟件程式

that Steve Jobs knew would be a hit

喬布斯知道這款軟件一定會成功

He calls me up and says

他打電話給我說

I got something to show you.

我有東西要給你看

I zip down there,

于是我去了他那里

I had learned by then

因為我那時已學會了

not to question, just go,

不要問,只要去

so I zip down to Cupertino and there he was,

所以我去了庫比蒂諾

there was an Apple II on a desk

那書桌上有部蘋果第二代電腦

and he said look at this.

他叫我看看

And there was a spreadsheet on the screen Visicalc,

在屏幕上有個Visicalc試算表

what became Visicalc.

即是后來的Visicalc試算表軟件

So he says this is the killer app.

他說這是必殺的應用程式

He used the term killer app for the Apple II.

是為蘋果第二代電腦創(chuàng)造的詞匯