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As the deadline for completing the iMac drew near, Jobs's legendary temper reappeared in force,
離iMac完工的日子越來越近了，喬布斯那傳說中的壞脾氣又冒了出來，
especially when he was confronting manufacturing issues.
尤其是遇到生產方面的問題時。
At one product review meeting, he learned that the process was going slowly.
在一次產品測評會上，他發現制造的進度變慢了。
"He did one of his displays of awesome fury, and the fury was absolutely pure," recalled Ive.
“他表現出令人恐懼的憤怒，而且是絕對純粹的憤怒。”艾弗回憶道。
He went around the table assailing everyone, starting with Rubinstein.
喬布斯圍著桌子走了一圈，從魯賓斯坦開始，把每個人都挨個兒罵了一頓。
"You know we're trying to save the company here," he shouted, "and you guys are screwing it up!"
“知道嗎，我們是在努力拯救公司，”他大喊，“而你們卻要把它毀了！”
Like the original Macintosh team, the iMac crew staggered to completion just in time for the big announcement.
和當年的Mac團隊一樣，iMac團隊也是跌跌撞撞地趕在發布會的前一刻完工了，
But not before Jobs had one last explosion.
但還是沒能逃過“最后一劫”。
When it came time to rehearse for the launch presentation, Rubinstein cobbled together two working prototypes.
在一次發布會預演中，魯賓斯坦趕制了兩臺樣機。
Jobs had not seen the final product before, and when he looked at it onstage he saw a button on the front, under the display.
在此之前，包括喬布斯在內，所有人都沒有見過最后的成品。喬布斯在臺上看到，在機器的前方、顯示屏的下方有一個按鈕。
He pushed it and the CD tray opened.
他按了一下按鈕，CD托盤彈了出來。
"What the fuck is this?!?" he asked, though not as politely.
“這他媽是什么鬼東西?！”他一點兒也不客氣。
"None of us said anything," Schiller recalled, "because he obviously knew what a CD tray was."
“我們誰都沒有說話，”席勒回憶說，“因為他當然知道那個是CD托盤。”
So Jobs continued to rail.
喬布斯繼續責罵。
It was supposed to have a clean CD slot, he insisted,
他堅持說，這原本應該是一個干凈利落的CD插槽，
referring to the elegant slot drives that were already to be found in upscale cars.
就像高檔汽車里用的那種優雅的吸入式光驅。
"Steve, this is exactly the drive I showed you when we talked about the components," Rubinstein explained.
“史蒂夫，這就是當時我們討論組件時我向你展示的光驅。”魯賓斯坦解釋道。
"No, there was never a tray, just a slot," Jobs insisted.
“不，從來就沒有托盤，只有一個插槽。”喬布斯堅持著。
Rubinstein didn't back down. Jobs's fury didn't abate.
魯賓斯坦也沒有讓步。喬布斯的憤怒一點兒都沒有減弱。
"I almost started crying, because it was too late to do anything about it," Jobs later recalled.
“我當時幾乎要哭出來了，因為要作任何改變都為時已晚。”喬布斯后來回憶道。
