Sonke sibona ukuqhubela phambili kwe-locomotive ukuba iitafile zinayo kwimarike yekhompyuter yomntu. Xa sikhwela kuloliwe okanye sibambe inqwelomoya kuya kuxhaphaka kakhulu ukubona yhupi ngethebhulethi okanye i-iPad, apho bekukho ilaptop. Kodwa ayingabo aba bachwephesha basezidolophini kuphela abakhetha ifomathi entsha kwaye bayirhuqa yonke indawo. Amatyeli amaninzi uTim Cook, iCEO yeApple, uthethe ngalo mhla iipilisi ziya kuthengisa iiPC. Kutshanje, wayechaneke ngakumbi kwaye wabhala le nto: 2015.
U-Cook wenza udliwano-ndlebe kunye ne-Bloomberg BusinessWeek apho wayethetha ngemeko yangoku yenkampani, i-iOS 7, kodwa kunye ne-iPad, ukukhuphisana kwayo kunye neepilisi ze-Android kunye nekamva lefomati ngokubanzi. Kwiimpendulo zakhe akukho nto imangalisayo kwaye wagcina uluvo olufanayo kwimiba athe wathetha ngayo izihlandlo ezininzi.
Ngamazwi omphathi we-Apple, sakwazi ukuqaphela iklasikhi ukugxekwa kwe-Android ngokuqhekeka kwayo kwamava, ukukhankanya i-Amazon Kindle Fire kunye neemveliso ze-Samsung. Iinjongo zika-Apple zokwenza ezona mveliso zigqwesileyo zaphinda zacaciswa, idatha yesabelo semarike ingasebenzi, ngoku ilungele iqonga lembangi. Ingxabano ayintshanga kwaye ingaphakathi I-Android zininzi iipilisi zexabiso eliphantsi enokuthi ithathwe njengenkunkuma ngenxa yamava aphazamisayo omsebenzisi anikezelayo. Ke ngoko, elo candelo alikho okhuphisana nabo. Akukho nto intsha phantsi kwelanga.
Nangona kunjalo, ithathwe kolu kukhula kwexabiso eliphantsi lemakethi kwi-Android, kunye nokulinganisa ifomathi ngabo bonke abavelisi beekhompyuter ezinkulu, intengiso iipilisi ziya kuba nkulu kunePC kwiinyanga ezingama-24 ukususela ngoku, ngokutsho kukaCook. Le yikota yesine ye-2015. Ngethuba lokuqala, i-CEO ye-Apple yenza i-omen esele yenziwe ngamaxesha amaninzi kwiiforamu ezahlukeneyo.
Umthombo: Ishishini leBloomberg