Sonke sibona intuthuko yesitimela amaphilisi anayo emakethe yekhompyutha yomuntu siqu. Lapho sigibela isitimela noma sibamba indiza kuya ngokuya kuvame ukubona yupi ngethebhulethi noma i-iPad, lapho bekukade kukhona ikhompuyutha ephathekayo. Kodwa akuzona kuphela lezi zingcweti zasemadolobheni ezisencane ezikhetha ifomethi entsha futhi ziyihudula yonke indawo. Ezikhathini eziningi uTim Cook, oyi-CEO ye-Apple, ukhulume ngosuku lapho amaphilisi azothengisa ama-PC. Muva nje, ubenembe kakhudlwana futhi wabhala lesi sigameko: 2015.
U-Cook wenze inhlolokhono ne-Bloomberg BusinessWeek lapho akhuluma khona ngesimo samanje senkampani, i-iOS 7, kodwa futhi i-iPad, ukuncintisana kwayo namaphilisi e-Android kanye nekusasa lefomethi ngokujwayelekile. Ezimpendulweni zakhe akubanga khona okuningi okumangazayo futhi ubenombono ofanayo ezindabeni aseke wakhuluma ngazo izikhathi eziningi.
Ngokwamazwi omphathi wakwa-Apple, sikwazile ukubona okwakudala ukugxekwa kwe-Android ngokuhlukana kwayo kokuhlangenwe nakho, ikhuluma ngemikhiqizo ye-Amazon Kindle Fire kanye ne-Samsung. Umgomo we-Apple wokwenza imikhiqizo ehamba phambili uphinde wachazwa kabusha, wenza idatha yokwabelana ngezimakethe ingavumelekile, manje isivuna inkundla eyimbangi. Ingxabano ayikusha nayo futhi ingaphakathi I-Android kunamathebulethi amaningi abiza kancane okungase kubhekwe njengodoti ngenxa yesipiliyoni somsebenzisi esikhungathekisayo esikunikezayo. Ngakho-ke, leyo ngxenye ayizona izimbangi zakho. Akukho okusha phansi kwelanga.
Kodwa-ke, kususelwa kulokhu kukhula kwemakethe ebiza kancane ku-Android, kanye nokutholwa kwefomethi yibo bonke abakhiqizi abakhulu bamakhompiyutha, imakethe yamakhompiyutha. amaphilisi azoba makhulu kune-PC ezinyangeni ezingama-24 kusukela manje, ngokukaCook. Lena ikota yesine ka-2015. Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-CEO ye-Apple yenza isimangaliso asevele esenze izikhathi eziningana ezinkundleni ezahlukene.
Umthombo: IBloomberg BusinessWeek