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Jobs decreed that the computer should be an absolutely perfect cube,
喬布斯規定，計算機必須是絕對完美的立方體，
with each side exactly a foot long and every angle precisely 90 degrees.
每條邊都正好一英尺長，每個角都是90度。
He liked cubes. They had gravitas but also the slight whiff of a toy.
他喜歡立方體，它們莊嚴但也有玩具的感覺。
But the NeXT cube was a Jobsian example of design desires trumping engineering considerations.
但是，NeXT立方體是喬布斯式功能適應形式的例子。
The circuit boards, which fitted nicely into the traditional pizza-box shape,
本來電路板能夠很好地契合傳統的比薩餅盒的形狀，
had to be reconfigured and stacked in order to nestle into a cube.
為了適應立方體的結構，電路板必須重新配置和安裝。
Even worse, the perfection of the cube made it hard to manufacture.
更糟的是，完美的立方體生產起來也很困難。
Most parts that are cast in molds have angles that are slightly greater than pure 90 degrees,
大部分模具鑄造出來的零件都不是純直角，而是會稍微超過90度，
so that it's easier to get them out of the mold
因為這樣會比較容易把零件從模具中拿出來。
just as it is easier to get a cake out of a pan that has angles slightly greater than 90 degrees.
就像平底鍋鍋沿的角度稍微超過90度，煎餅會比較容易拿出來一樣。
But Esslinger dictated, and Jobs enthusiastically agreed,
但是，艾斯林格下了如下命令，喬布斯對此表示狂熱支持。
that there would be no such "draft angles" that would ruin the purity and perfection of the cube.
即不能有這種拔模角度，不能破壞立方體的純粹和完美
So the sides had to be produced separately, using molds that cost $650,000, at a specialty machine shop in Chicago.
因此，每一面都必須分開制作，使用價格65萬美元的模具，在芝加哥的一家專業機器加工廠制作。
