Apple III

At first he hoped that the Apple III would play that role .

最初，他希望AppleIII能承担这个角色。

But the new Apple III and Lisa computers

但全新的苹果第三代和利萨电脑

When the Apple III began shipping in May 1980 , it flopped .

1980年55月，AppleIII上市，但销量惨淡。

By then Jobs had distanced himself from the Apple III and was thrashing about for ways to produce something more radically different .

那个时候，乔布斯已经疏远了AppleIII项目，正焦急地想办法创造出更加与众不同的东西。

Randy Wigginton , one of the engineers , summed it up : " The Apple III was kind of like a baby conceived during a group orgy , and later everybody had this bad headache , and there 's this bastard child , and everyone says , ' It 's not mine . ' "

工程师兰迪·威金顿总结道：“AppleIII有点儿像集体狂欢时怀上的孩子，事后大家都头痛得厉害，至于这个野孩子，人人都说不是自己的。”