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Sekuyisikhathi eside kunokuqagela ukuthi i-Apple ingase iqede ukuhlangana kwesixhumi sedokhi namadivayisi we-iOS. Kungokwemvelo kuma-iPod ethu, ama-iPhones nama-iPads, kodwa akusona yini isikhathi sokufuna ozongena esikhundleni owanele? Phela ibinathi kusukela kwethulwa i-iPod Classic yesizukulwane sesithathu.

Kwakungu-2003 lapho isixhumi sedokhi sivela. Iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye emhlabeni we-IT ilingana namashumi eminyaka okuphila okuvamile. Minyaka yonke, ukusebenza kwezingxenye (yebo, ake sishiye ama-hard drive namabhethri) kukhuphuka ngokungaphezi, ama-transistors azominyana njengamasardine, futhi izixhumi nazo zinciphe kancane esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka eyishumi. Vele uqhathanise, isibonelo, "screw" VGA nomlandeli wayo i-DVI ngokumelene ne-HDMI noma isixhumi esibonakalayo se-Thunderbolt. Esinye isibonelo ukulandelana okujwayelekile kwe-USB, i-USB encane ne-micro USB.

Yonke into inama-pluses nama-minuses ayo

"Isixhumi sedokhu sizace kakhulu," ungase ucabange. Ngenxa yephrofayili emincane kanye nophawu oluphambene ngokumelene nepulasitiki emhlophe ngakolunye uhlangothi, uxhumano oluphumelelayo ekuzameni kokuqala luseduze no-100%. Hhayi-ke, ngenhloso - kukangaki empilweni yakho ozame ukufaka i-USB yakudala kusuka ezinhlangothini zombili futhi njalo ungaphumeleli? Angikhulumi nange-PS/2 ewumlando manje. Izacile ayimncane, isixhumi sedokhu sivele sibe sikhulu kakhulu kulezi zinsuku. Ngaphakathi, i-iDevice ithatha amamilimitha angama-cubic amaningi ngokungadingekile, angasetshenziswa ngokuhlukile futhi kangcono.

Kucatshangwa ukuthi i-iPhone yesizukulwane sesithupha izosekela amanethiwekhi e-LTE ngokuphuma kwangempela kwamashumi amaningana wamamegabhithi ngomzuzwana. Ama-antenna nama-chips avumela lokhu kuxhumana ngokusobala akuzange kufinyelele ubukhulu obudingekayo ukuze kungene kahle ngaphakathi kwama-iPhones ngonyaka odlule. Akukhona nje ngobukhulu balezi zingxenye, kodwa futhi mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwazo kwamandla. Lokhu kuzoqhubeka kuncishiswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi njengoba ama-chips kanye nezinti ngokwazo zithuthukiswa, kodwa noma kunjalo, kuzodingeka ibhethri elikhudlwana kancane.

Impela, usungabona amafoni ane-LTE emakethe namuhla, kodwa lezi izilo ezinjenge-Samsung Galaxy Nexus noma i-HTC Titan II ezayo. Kodwa leyo akuyona indlela ye-Apple. Idizayini ihamba phambili eCupertino, ngakho-ke uma zingekho izingxenye ezilingana nombono owanelisayo kaSir Jonathan Ive we-iPhone ezayo, ngeke nje ingene ekukhiqizweni. Masiqaphele ukuthi lena "kuphela" iselula, ngakho-ke ubukhulu kufanele bulinganiswe ngendlela efanele nangendlela enengqondo.

Ngomoya, ngomoya!

Nge-iOS 5, ithuba lokuvumelanisa ngenethiwekhi ye-WiFi yasekhaya yengeziwe. Ukubaluleka kwekhebula ngokwayo ngesixhumi samaphini angu-30, ngenxa nje yokuvumelanisa nokudluliswa kwefayela, kwehle kakhulu. Ukuxhumana okungenantambo kwe-iDevice ene-iTunes akunayo inkinga ngokuphelele, kodwa ngokuzayo umuntu angalindela (ngethemba) ukulindela ukuzinza okukhulu. I-bandwidth yamanethiwekhi we-WiFi nayo iyinkinga. Lokhu, yiqiniso, kuhluke ezintweni zenethiwekhi namazinga asetshenzisiwe. Nge-AP/amarutha anamuhla asekela u-802.11n, isivinini sokudluliswa kwedatha esingaba ngu-4 MB/s (32 Mbps) singafinyelelwa kalula ngebanga elingu-3 m Lokhu akuyona into edabukisayo nganoma iyiphi indlela, kodwa ubani phakathi kwenu okopishayo gigabytes yedatha nsuku zonke?

Kodwa-ke, okusebenza ngokuphelele isipele samadivayisi eselula e-apula ku-iCloud. Yethulwe emphakathini ngokukhishwa kwe-iOS 5 futhi isivele inabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 namuhla. Akumele ukhathazeke nganoma yini nhlobo, amadivayisi asekelwa ngokwawo ngaphandle kwanoma yiziphi izaziso. Sethemba ukuthi imicibisholo ezungezayo kubha yesimo izokwazisa mayelana nokwenza isipele okuqhubekayo.

Umthwalo wesithathu wokusebenzisa ikhebuli ububuyekeza i-iOS. Kusukela kunguqulo yesihlanu, lokhu kungaxazululwa kusetshenziswa izibuyekezo ze-delta ezinosayizi ngokulandelana kwamashumi amamegabhayithi ngqo ku-iPhone, iPod touch noma i-iPad yakho. Lokhu kuqeda isidingo sokulanda yonke iphakheji yokufaka ye-iOS ku-iTunes. Okubalulekile - ngokufanelekile, udinga kuphela ukuxhuma i-iDevice yakho ku-iTunes ngekhebula kanye - ukuze unike amandla ukuvumelanisa okungenantambo.

Kuthiwani ngeThunderbolt?

Nokho, uphawu lombuzo olulodwa olukhulu lulenga emoyeni kubasekeli bokuxhunywa kwezintambo. Ubani, noma kunalokho, yini okufanele ibe yindlalifa? Abalandeli abaningi be-Apple bangase bacabange iThunderbolt. Ihlala kancane kancane kuyo yonke iphothifoliyo ye-Mac. Ngeshwa, "i-flash" ibonakala ingekho emdlalweni, njengoba isekelwe ekwakhiweni kwe-PCI Express, okungasebenzisi i-iDevices. I-Micro USB? Futhi cha. Ngaphandle kosayizi omncane, ayinikezi lutho olusha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akusona nesitayela esanele semikhiqizo ye-Apple.

Ukwehliswa okulula kwesixhumi sedokhi samanje kubonakala kuyinketho enengqondo, masiyibize "isixhumi sedokhi esincane". Kodwa lokhu kuwukuqagela nje okumsulwa. Akekho owazi kahle ukuthi i-Apple yenzani ku-Infinite Loop. Ingabe kuzoba ukwehliswa nje okulula? Ingabe onjiniyela bazoqhamuka nesixhumi esisha sokuphathelene? Noma ingabe "ithiphu engamashumi amathathu" yamanje, njengoba siyazi, izosebenza ngendlela engashintshiwe iminyaka eminingana eyengeziwe?

Ubengeke abe ngowokuqala

Kunoma ikuphi, kuzophela ngolunye usuku, njengoba nje i-Apple ishintshe izingxenye ezithile yafaka izingane zakubo ezincane. Ngokufika kwe-iPad ne-iPhone 4 ngo-2010, abantu baseCupertino benza isinqumo esasiyimpikiswano - I-Mini SIM yathathelwa indawo yi-Micro SIM. Ngaleso sikhathi, iphesenti elikhulu labantu alizange livumelane nalesi sinyathelo, kodwa ukuthambekela kusobala - ukulondoloza isikhala esibalulekile ngaphakathi kwedivayisi. Namuhla, amafoni amaningi asebenzisa i-Micro SIM, futhi mhlawumbe ngosizo lwe-Apple, i-Mini SIM izoba umlando.

Ngokungalindelekile, i-iMac yokuqala eyakhishwa ngo-1998 ayizange ifake i-floppy disk slot. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaphinde kwaba yisinyathelo esiyimpikiswano, kodwa ngokombono wanamuhla, isinyathelo esinengqondo. Ama-floppy disks ayenomthamo omncane, ayenensa futhi engathembeki kakhulu. Njengoba ikhulu lama-21 lalisondela, yayingasekho indawo yabo. Esikhundleni sabo, imidiya ye-optical yathola ukuphakama okuqinile - i-CD yokuqala, i-DVD.

Ngo-2008, impela iminyaka eyishumi ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-iMac, uSteve Jobs ngokuziqhenya wakhipha iMacBook Air yokuqala ebhokisini. I-MacBook entsha, entsha, ezacile, ekhanyayo engazange ifake idrayivu yokubona. Futhi - "Ingakhokhisa kanjani i-Apple into encane kanje uma ngingakwazi ukudlala imuvi ye-DVD kuyo?" Manje sekungu-2012, iMacBook Airs iyancipha. Amanye amakhompyutha we-Apple asenawo ama-optical drive, kodwa ahlala isikhathi esingakanani?

U-Apple akesabi ukwenza iminyakazo umphakathi jikelele ongayithandi ekuqaleni. Kodwa akwenzeki ukusekela ngokuqhubekayo ubuchwepheshe obudala ngaphandle kokuthi othile athathe isinyathelo sokuqala sokwamukela ubuchwepheshe obusha. Ingabe isixhumi sedokhu sizohlangabezana nesiphetho esinonya njenge-FireWire? Kuze kube manje, amathani namathani ezesekeli asebenzela yona, ngisho nenkani ye-Apple ngokumelene nayo. Ngingayicabanga kahle i-iPhone entsha enesixhumi esisha. Kuqinisekile ukuthi abasebenzisi ngeke bakuthande lokhu kuhamba. Abakhiqizi bamane bazivumelanise nezimo.

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