《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才141:iMac取得巨大成功

Instead of being a boring old box

和市场上其他

like every other computer in the market,

刻板沉闷的电脑截然不同

it had this beautiful,

iMac的外型很亮丽

curved, sculptural profile.

充满流线型线条

And instead of just being bland beige,

而且和其他千篇一律的

like every other computer,

米色电脑很不同

it came in different,

iMac有七彩缤纷

bright,fruit-flavored colors.

和很抢眼的颜色

The iMac was a huge success

iMac得到巨大的成功

in its first six weeks,

在它推出的第一个六周内

it became the fastest selling

已成为苹果电脑公司历史上

Macintosh product in Apple history.

销售最快的Macintosh产品

In January 2000,

在2000年1月

he announced his permanent new position:

乔布斯宣布他的长期新职位

I'm pleased to announce today

今天我很高兴宣布我的职位

that I'm going to drop the "interim" title

再没有“临时”这两个字

The excitement at Apple wouldn't last.

苹果电脑令人兴奋的事并未中断

In the last three months of the year 2000,

在2000年最后三个月

Apple lost around $250 million dollars.

苹果亏损大约2亿5000万美元

Apple had gone back to losing money

苹果又回到亏损的状况

and it was a very scary situation.

情况令人忧虑

People thought that maybe

有人认为苹果的反弹

Apple's comeback was short-lived.

只是回光反照

But in November 2001

但是在2001年11月

Steve Jobs and Apple released a game changer

乔布斯和苹果推出一款改变世界的产品

the iPod.

那就是iPod

When the iPod music player first came out,

当iPod音乐播放器初推出时

in the early 2000s,

即2000年初期

it was $400.

它的售价是400美元

It seemed outrageously expensive.

看来非常昂贵

It was a tremendous risk to come up with a little gadget

一部这么细小的玩意

that was so expensive

但售价这么昂贵

and yet it became

似乎有很大的风险

a tremendous hit as well.

因为当时它还未流行

Jobs didn't stop there.

乔布斯没有因此而停步