Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna January 1997 paMacworld Expo, Jobs akazivisa kuti Apple yaizobatana neMicrosoft kuti ibudise shanduro itsva dzeMicrosoft Office yeMacintosh, uye kuti Microsoft yakanga yaita mari inosvika mamiriyoni 150 emadhora mumasheya eApple asina kodzero yokuvhota. Musi waNovember 10, 1997, Apple yakaunza webhusaiti yeApple Chitoro, iyo yaive yakabatana neyekugadzira nzira yekuvaka-yekuraira. Kuwanikwa kweNeXT kwakapedzwa musi waFebruary 9, 1997, kuunza Mabasa kudzokera kuApple semupi wezano. Musi waJuly 9, 1997, Amelio akabviswa pachigaro nebhodhi revatungamiriri pashure pokutarisira mutengo wemasheya wakaderera zvikuru mumakore matatu uye kurasikirwa nemari kwakakura. Jobs akaita seMutungamiri Mukuru wezvenguva pfupi uye akatanga kugadziriswa kwekambani yekambani; yakanga iri panguva iyi yaakaona tarenda rekugadzira raJonathan Ive, uye vaviri vacho vakashanda pamwe chete kuti vavakezve chimiro cheApple. Musi waAugust 15, 1998, Apple yakaunza kombiyuta itsva yose-in-imwe inoyeuchidza Macintosh 128K: iMac. Chikwata chokugadzira iMac chaitungamirirwa naIve, uyo aizogadzira iPod ne iPhone. Iyo iMac yakaratidza tekinoroji yazvino uye dhizaini yakasarudzika, uye yakatengesa angangoita mazana masere ezviuru mumwedzi mishanu yekutanga. Munguva iyi, Apple yakapedza kuunganidzwa kwakawanda kugadzira portfolio yezvigadzirwa zvemadhijitari zvevashandi nevatengi. Muna 1998, Apple yakatenga chirongwa cheMacromedia's Key Grip software, ichiratidza kuwedzera mumusika wekugadzirisa vhidhiyo yedhijitari. Kutengeswa kwacho kwaiva mugumisiro wechisarudzo cheMacromedia chokungotarisa chete pakugadzira web software. Chigadzirwa chacho, chakanga chisati chapera panguva yekutengesa, chakatumidzwa zita rokuti "Final Cut Pro" apo chakabudiswa pamusika wekutengesa muna April 1999. Kuvandudzwa kweKey Grip kwakatungamirawo kuburitswa kweApple yevatengi vhidhiyo yekugadzirisa chigadzirwa iMovie muna Gumiguru 1999. Zvadaro, Apple yakabudirira kuwana kambani yeGermany Astarte, iyo yakanga yagadzira DVD yekugadzira teknolojia, pamwe chete nemishonga yakafanana yeAstarte nevanjiniya muApril 2000. Chishandiso chedigital DVDirector chaAstarte chakazoshandurwa kuva DVD inotungamirwa nehunyanzvi...  Mubvunzo: Amelio akamanikidzwa rini kubva pabhodhi?
July 9, 1997