Umqondisi wangaphambili we-Windows division uthe ucabangani nge-iPad

Le nyanga imaka iminyaka eyishumi selokhu kwethulwa i-iPad yokuqala. Ithebhulethi, abantu abaningi ababengenalo ukholo olukhulu kuyo ekuqaleni, ekugcineni yaba omunye wemikhiqizo ephumelele kakhulu emlandweni webhizinisi lakwa-Apple. USteve Sinofsky, ngaleso sikhathi owayesebenza esigabeni seWindows kwaMicrosoft, ubuye wakhumbula kuTwitter wakhe usuku lapho i-Apple yethula okokuqala i-iPad yayo.

Ngokubheka emuva, uSinofsky ubiza ukwethulwa kwe-iPad njengengqopha-mlando ecacile emhlabeni wekhompyutha. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Microsoft yayisanda kukhipha uhlelo olusha lwe-Windows 7 ngaleso sikhathi, futhi wonke umuntu wayekhumbula impumelelo ye-iPhone yokuqala kuphela, kodwa nabalandela bayo. Iqiniso lokuthi i-Apple izokhipha ithebhulethi yayo bekucatshangelwa hhayi emaphaseji kuphela isikhathi esithile, kodwa iningi lalicabanga ngekhompyutha - efana ne-Mac futhi ilawulwa ngothi lokuloba. Lokhu okuhlukile kuphinde kwesekwa nawukuthi ama-netbooks ayethandwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.

Phela, ngisho noSteve Jobs waqala ukukhuluma "ngekhompyutha entsha", okufanele ibe ngcono kune-iPhone ngandlela-thile, futhi ibe ngcono kune-laptop kwabanye. “Abanye bangase bacabange ukuthi i-netbook,” esho ehleka ingxenye yabalaleli. "Kodwa inkinga ukuthi ama-netbooks awangcono," eqhubeka ethukuthele, ebiza ama-netbooks ngokuthi "ama-laptops ashibhile" - ngaphambi kokubonisa umhlaba i-iPad. Ngamazwi akhe, uSinofský akazange athathelwe ukwakheka kwethebhulethi kuphela, kodwa futhi nempilo yebhethri yamahora ayishumi, i-netbooks eyayingaphupha ngayo kuphela. Kodwa futhi washaqeka ngokungabi khona kwe-stylus, ngaphandle kwalokho uSinofsky akakwazanga ukucabanga umsebenzi ogcwele futhi okhiqizayo kudivayisi yalolu hlobo ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa ukumangala akuzange kugcine lapho.

“[UPhil] Schiller ubonise inguqulo eklanywe kabusha ye-iWork suite yezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-iPad,” kuqhubeka uSinofsky, ekhumbula ukuthi i-iPad kwakufanele iluthole kanjani uhlelo lokusebenza lokusebenza ngombhalo, amaspredishithi nezethulo. Uphinde wamangala ngamakhono okuvumelanisa ama-iTunes, futhi esinye sezimanga ezinkulu, wathi, kwakuyinani, elingu-$499. USinofsky ukhumbula ukuthi izinguqulo zakuqala zamaphilisi zaboniswa kanjani ku-CES ekuqaleni kuka-2010, lapho iMicrosoft yamemezela khona ukufika kwama-Tablet PC ayo anesistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows 7. Kwakusele izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye kuze kufike i-Samsung Galaxy Tab yokuqala. Ngakho-ke i-iPad yayingeyona nje kuphela ngokusobala engcono kakhulu, kodwa futhi ithebhulethi ethengeka kakhulu yangaleso sikhathi.

I-Apple ikwazile ukuthengisa amaphilisi ayo ayizigidi ezingama-20 ngonyaka wokuqala ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-iPad yokuqala. Uyakhumbula ukwethulwa kwe-iPad yokuqala?

Umthombo: Medium