Bekukho ixesha elincinci lokuqikelela ukusukela kwiimpawu zokuqala zento entsha iPad de 128 GB kude kube iapile Ikuqinisekisile, nangona kunjalo, ixesha alizange lisweleke lombuzo onyanzelisayo ukuba uqale ukujikeleza kunye neendaba: ntoni? Ubonwa kwicala leCupertino, nangona kunjalo, umbuzo ngowokuba kutheni? Abanye abahlalutyi, nangona kunjalo, babonakala befumana izizathu ezilungileyo zokuba kutheni inkampani yeapile ithathe isigqibo sokuthatha eli nyathelo kwaye banento yokwenza nengxaki exoxwe kakhulu "Ukutya abantu”. Ukuthetha inyani, ngaloo nto, kunye ne imida yenzuzo.
Iiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sathi mhlawumbi ngoyena Umbulali we-iPad kwakungekho wumbi ngaphandle kwakhe iPad mini Kwaye, nakweyiphi na imeko, sele kungenakungathandabuzeki ukuba ukuthengiswa kwe-tablet ye-compact i-stellar kwindleko, ubukhulu becala, yomzalwana wayo omdala. Nangona kunjalo, uTim Cook, uye wagxininisa kwiingxelo zamva nje ukuba Ukutya abantu akanaxhala nokuba iapile, ukubuyisela into yeqhinga lenkampani elinokuthi lishwankathelwe ngokuthi "ngcono thina kunabanye".
Nangona kunjalo, nangona kuxoxwe kancinci, kukho enye imeko yokudliwa kwabantu njengoko okanye ibaluleke ngakumbi kunaleyo ye iPad mini kunye iPad: enye ye iPad y IMac. Oku, ubuncinci, yintoni uJohn Brownlee acinga ngayo Cult of Mac, iingxoxo zakhe esiziqokelela apha. Ngelixa IMac uthengise a 20% ngaphantsi kwisiqingatha sonyaka wokugqibela, i iPad ufikile a 48% ngaphezulu. Emva kwala manani, kuya kubakho inyaniso yokuba abafundi abaninzi kunye neengcali bathembela iipilisi zabo ngomsebenzi wabo kunemveliso efana ne MacBook Air, kunye nezo iapile banokuvuya ngayo, kungekuphela nje kuba kungcono kubasebenzisi ukuba "bebe" yabo iPad kunabanye abavelisi kodwa ngenxa yokuba, enyanisweni, i iPad unomda wenzuzo ukuya kuthi ga 48%, Ngelixa lika MacBook Air ivela kwi 37%.
Kubonwa koko kukhanya, ukuba i iPad mini ibamba inxalenye yemarike ehambelanayo kude kube ngoku iPad I-9.7-intshi, sele ibonakala ibuhlungu kakhulu, ngenxa yokuba iPad 4 iya kuba nokufumana abasebenzisi bezinye iikhompyuter, ezixela inzuzo encinci kuzo iapile. Nika ku iPad inkumbulo ye 128 GB kunye nokwandisa ukusebenziseka kwayo ekusetyenzisweni kobuchwephesha, ukuyisondeza kwinto enikezelwa yiyo MacBook Air, akukho nto ngaphandle kokubheja okuqinisekileyo kwabo baseCupertino ukuba baqhubele phambili ngokukhawuleza kangangoko kunokwenzeka "yaba post-pcBaqhuba kakuhle kangakanani na ngokwezoqoqosho.
Kodwa kusekho enye inkcukacha: umda we iPad iyahluka ngeemodeli kwaye ungaqikelela ukuba yeyiphi imodeli ehambelana nomda wenzuzo ye 48%? Ewe, ewe, eyona inamandla okugcina amakhulu, ekhoyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku 64 GB. Ngelixa kubiza i-euro ezili-100 (okanye iidola) ukuxhobisa ithebhulethi ngememori ephindwe kabini, i-Apple ixabisa kakhulu i-30 yeedola, ukuze ngokutsiba ngakunye inyuse inzuzo yayo. Oku kuthatha ukuba inzuzo ye 16 GB Yiyo 37%, enye ye 32 GB Yiyo 44% kunye ne 64 GB Yiyo 48%. Akubonakali kuyingozi ukugqiba ukuba inzuzo iya kuba nkulu ngakumbi kwi 128 GB.