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Jef Raskin's Baby
杰夫·拉斯金的寶貝
Jef Raskin was the type of character who could enthrall Steve Jobs—or annoy him. As it turned out, he did both.
杰夫·拉斯金是那種能讓史蒂夫·喬布斯著迷--或者是厭煩的人。事實證明，兩者他都做到了。
A philosophical guy who could be both playful and ponderous, Raskin had studied computer science, taught music and visual arts, conducted a chamber opera company, and organized guerrilla theater.
拉斯金是個很有哲學家范兒的人，有時幽默頑皮，有時又呆板沉悶，他學習過計算機科學，教過音樂和視覺藝術，管理過一家室內歌劇院，還組織過街頭劇場。
His 1967 doctoral thesis at U.C. San Diego argued that computers should have graphical rather than text-based interfaces.
他1967年在加州大學圣迭戈分校完成的博士論文中提出，計算機應該擁有圖形界面，而不是基于文本的界面。
When he got fed up with teaching, he rented a hot air balloon, flew over the chancellor's house, and shouted down his decision to quit.
他在厭倦了教書之后，就租了一只熱氣球，飛到校長家上空，大聲喊出了自己的辭職決定。
When Jobs was looking for someone to write a manual for the Apple II in 1976, he called Raskin, who had his own little consulting firm.
1976年，喬布斯找人為AppleII編寫操作手冊，他給當時已經擁有一家小型咨詢公司的拉斯金打了電話。
Raskin went to the garage, saw Wozniak beavering away at a workbench, and was convinced by Jobs to write the manual for $50.
拉斯金來到喬布斯的車庫，看到了在工作臺上埋頭苦干的沃茲尼亞克，并被喬布斯說服，接受了以50美元的報酬為他們編寫操作手冊。
Eventually he became the manager of Apple's publications department.
后來，拉斯金成為了蘋果公司出版部門的全職經理。
One of Raskin's dreams was to build an inexpensive computer for the masses, and in 1979 he convinced Mike Markkula to put him in charge of a small development project code-named "Annie" to do just that.
他有一個夢想，就是為大眾制造價格低廉的電腦。1979年，他說服了邁克·馬庫拉，成為了小規模項目“安妮”的負責人。
Since Raskin thought it was sexist to name computers after women, he redubbed the project in honor of his favorite type of apple, the McIntosh.
然而拉斯金認為，用女人的名字命名電腦是帶有性別歧視成分的，所以他更換了項目代號，用的是自己最喜歡的一種蘋果的名字：麥金托什。
But he changed the spelling in order not to conflict with the name of the audio equipment maker McIntosh Laboratory.
但為了避免與音頻設備制造商麥金托什實驗室的名字有沖突，他故意改變了字母的拼寫。
The proposed computer became known as the Macintosh.
于是，新電腦的名字變成了麥金塔。
Raskin envisioned a machine that would sell for $1,000 and be a simple appliance, with screen and keyboard and computer all in one unit.
拉斯金預想中的電腦售價1000美元，像家用電器一樣操作簡單，并且將屏幕、鍵盤和電腦本身整合為一體。
To keep the cost down, he proposed a tiny five-inch screen and a very cheap (and underpowered) microprocessor, the Motorola 6809.
為了降低成本，他計劃使用5英寸的小屏幕，以及非常便宜（性能也很落后）的微處理器--摩托羅拉6809。
Raskin fancied himself a philosopher, and he wrote his thoughts in an ever-expanding notebook that he called "The Book of Macintosh."
拉斯金自詡為哲學家，他不斷地把自己的想法記錄在本子上，稱之為“麥金塔之書”。
He also issued occasional manifestos. One of these was called "Computers by the Millions," and it began with an aspiration:
他還會偶爾發表一些宣言，其中之一叫做“數以百萬計的電腦”，開頭就表達了他遠大的志向：
"If personal computers are to be truly personal, it will have to be as likely as not that a family, picked at random, will own one."
“如果個人電腦能真正走向每個人的話，那么任何一個家庭都應該擁有一臺?！?/p>
