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Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, impi yokungalingani phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Google emakilasini esikole yalinganiswa, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, umdondoshiya waseMenlo Park waze wadlula ujusi waso waphakade. Ngekota yokugcina, ama-Chromebook amaningi kunama-iPad athengiswe ezikoleni okokuqala ngqa emlandweni. Ubufakazi obengeziwe bokuba buthaka kwamanje kokuthengiswa kwethebhulethi ye-apula.

Ngekota yesithathu, i-Google ithengise ama-Chromebook angu-715 angabizi kakhulu ezikoleni zase-US, kuyilapho i-Apple ithengise ama-iPads angu-500 ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-IDC, inkampani yocwaningo lwemakethe, ibalwa. Ama-Chromebook, akhanga abasebenzisi ikakhulukazi ngenxa yentengo yawo ephansi, akhuphuke esuka kuqanda ukuya ngaphezu kwekota yesabelo semakethe yesikole eminyakeni emibili.

Izikole nezikhungo zemfundo zisemncintiswaneni omkhulu phakathi kwamafemu ezobuchwepheshe ahamba phambili, njengoba emelela amandla amakhulu ezezimali. I-Apple ivule le makethe yokongiwa iminyaka nge-iPad yokuqala eminyakeni emine edlule futhi ibibusa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, manje isitholana phezulu nama-Chromebook, nawo aguqulelwa kuwo yizikole njengenye indlela eshibhile. Ngokungeziwe kuma-iPads nama-Chromebook, kufanele siphinde sikhulume ngamadivayisi e-Windows, kodwa abe nesiqalo emashumini eminyaka edlule futhi ayalahleka kancane kancane.

“Ama-Chromebook ayahamba ngempela. Ukukhula kwabo kuyinkinga enkulu ku-Apple's iPad," esho Izikhathi Zezezimali Rajani Singh, Senior Research Analyst kwa-IDC. Ngenkathi ama-iPads engamadivayisi ahlukahlukene ngenxa yezikrini zawo zokuthinta, abanye bazokhetha ama-Chromebook ngenxa yekhibhodi ebonakalayo ekhona. “Njengoba isilinganiso seminyaka yabafundi sikhula, isidingo sekhibhodi sibaluleke kakhulu,” kunezela uSingh.

Ama-Chromebook ahlinzekwa ezikoleni ngabakwa-Samsung, HP, Dell kanye ne-Acer, futhi bakhanga izikhungo zemfundo ngokuphathwa kalula kwedivayisi kanye nenani eliphansi. Amamodeli ashibhe kakhulu athengiswa ngo-$199, kuyilapho i-iPad Air yangonyaka odlule ibiza u-$379 ngisho nangesaphulelo esikhethekile. I-Apple igcina ukuhola kwayo ngaphezu kwe-Google ezikoleni kuphela uma sifaka ama-MacBooks (bona igrafu enamathiselwe), enza kahle, kanye namadivayisi we-iOS.

U-Apple uyaqhubeka nokuba nesikhundla esikhethekile ezikoleni ezinamaphilisi, lapho izicelo zokufunda ezingaphezu kuka-75 ku-App Store, kanye nekhono lokudala kalula izifundo ku-iTunes U nokudala izincwadi zakho zokufunda, kuyisihluthulelo. Nokho, i-Google isivele yethule isigaba semfundo esikhethekile esitolo se-Google Play, futhi izinhlelo zokusebenza ezikhona lapha zingasetshenziswa kokubili kumathebulethi e-Android nama-Chromebook.

Umthombo: Izikhathi Zezezimali
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