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They got beds, dressers, and a music system for the living room, but items like sofas took longer.
他們買了些床、梳妝臺(tái)、擺在客廳的一套音響系統(tǒng)，但是要買沙發(fā)就需要更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
"We spoke about furniture in theory for eight years," recalled Powell.
“我們紙上談兵用了8年，”鮑威爾回憶，
"We spent a lot of time asking ourselves, 'What is the purpose of a sofa?'"
“我們花了很多時(shí)間問自己，沙發(fā)的用途是什么？”
Buying appliances was also a philosophical task, not just an impulse purchase.
買電器也是個(gè)哲學(xué)問題，而不僅僅是沖動(dòng)的購(gòu)買行為。
A few years later, Jobs described to Wired the process that went into getting a new washing machine:
多年以后，喬布斯向《連線》雜志描述了選購(gòu)一臺(tái)新洗衣機(jī)的過程：
It turns out that the Americans make washers and dryers all wrong.
我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國(guó)人制造洗衣機(jī)和干衣機(jī)的理念完全是錯(cuò)誤的。
The Europeans make them much better—but they take twice as long to do clothes!
歐洲人則好得多--但是他們洗衣服要多花一倍的時(shí)間！
It turns out that they wash them with about a quarter as much water and your clothes end up with a lot less detergent on them.
歐洲洗衣機(jī)洗衣服只是美國(guó)洗衣機(jī)用水量的1/4，你衣服上殘留的洗條劑也少得多。
Most important, they don't trash your clothes.
最重要的是，它們不會(huì)把你的衣服洗壞。
They use a lot less soap, a lot less water, but they come out much cleaner, much softer, and they last a lot longer.
他們用少得多的肥皂、少得多的水，但是洗出衣服卻千凈得多，柔軟得多，壽命也長(zhǎng)得多。
We spent some time in our family talking about what's the trade-off we want to make.
我們?cè)诩一诵r(shí)間討論我們?cè)撛鯓尤∩帷?/div>
We ended up talking a lot about design, but also about the values of our family.
結(jié)果我們討論了很多設(shè)計(jì)問題，但也討論了我們家的價(jià)值觀。
Did we care most about getting our wash done in an hour versus an hour and a half?
我們是最關(guān)心用一個(gè)小時(shí)而不是一個(gè)半小時(shí)洗好衣服呢，
Or did we care most about our clothes feeling really soft and lasting longer?
還是最關(guān)心我們的衣洗后感覺特別柔軟也更耐久呢？
Did we care about using a quarter of the water?
我們?cè)谝庥?/4的水嗎？
We spent about two weeks talking about this every night at the dinner table.
我們用了大約兩星期時(shí)間，每晚在餐桌上討論這個(gè)問題。
