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The unveiling of the black perfect cube would occur on a starkly minimalist stage setting with a black background,
一個極簡主義的舞臺，背景是黑色的，完美的黑色立方體將在這種布置中掲曉
a table covered by a black cloth, a black veil draped over the computer, and a simple vase of flowers.
桌子上罩著一塊黑布，黑色遮布披在電腦上，旁邊擺著一瓶簡單的花。
Because neither the hardware nor the operating system was actually ready, Jobs was urged to do a simulation.
由于硬件和操作系統都沒有真正完成，有人提議用模擬展示。
But he refused. Knowing it would be like walking a tightrope without a net, he decided to do the demonstration live.
但喬布斯拒絕了。他決定現場示范，盡管他知道，這會像走鋼絲而沒有安全網一樣。
More than three thousand people showed up at the event, lining up two hours before curtain time.
3000多人來到了現場，他們在發布會開始前兩小時排隊進入交響樂堂。
They were not disappointed, at least by the show.
他們沒有失望，至少這次展示表演沒有令他們失望。
Jobs was onstage for three hours, and he again proved to be, in the words of Andrew Pollack of the New York Times,
喬布斯在臺上待了3個小時，他再一次成為《紐約時報》記者安德魯·波拉克口中的
"the Andrew Lloyd Webber of product introductions, a master of stage flair and special effects."
“產品發布界的安德魯·勞埃德·韋伯舞臺鳳格和特效大師”。
Wes Smith of the Chicago Tribune said the launch was "to product demonstrations what Vatican II was to church meetings."
《芝加哥論壇報》的韋斯·史密斯稱，NeXT的發布會“之于產品演示，就像梵蒂第二屆大公會之于教會聚會一樣。”
Jobs had the audience cheering from his opening line: "It's great to be back."
“很髙興能回來?！眴滩妓挂运回灥拈_場白引發了觀眾的歡呼。
He began by recounting the history of personal computer architecture,
他開始述說個人電腦架構的歷史，
and he promised that they would now witness an event "that occurs only once or twice in a decade
并向現場觀眾承諾，他們即將見證一個“10年中才會發生一次或兩次的歷史性事件
a time when a new architecture is rolled out that is going to change the face of computing."
一個新的架構即將推出，并將改變計算機的面貌”。
