U-Klára Jelinková Imakethe yamakhompiyutha ayizange ibe lula kamuva nje. Ngakho-ke, manje kuyamangaza kakhulu ukuthi ibhekene nokukhula ngemva kweminyaka eyisithupha, ikakhulukazi kusukela engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2012. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kucatshangelwa imakethe ye-smartphone ekhula njalo. Ngakho-ke, ukuthengiswa kwamakhompuyutha omuntu siqu sekuqale ukukhuphuka futhi, kodwa okwamanje ngeke silindele ukuthi lezi kuzoba izinombolo eziguqukayo.
Inkampani yomhlaziyi i-Gartner iqhathanise idatha eminyakeni emibili edlule, futhi phakathi naleso sikhathi imakethe ye-PC yabona ukwanda okuphelele kwe-1.4%. Yize i-Apple ingazange ibe phezulu ohlwini, isaziqhenya ngokunyuka konyaka nonyaka ngo-3% engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka. Ngenxa yalokhu, inkampani ithole indawo yesine.
UDell, HP kanye noLenovo badlula i-Apple ngokuthengisa kwabo. I-Lenovo ibe umphakeli ongcono kakhulu onesabelo semakethe esingu-21,9%. Ngemva kwayo kwakukhona uhlobo lwe-HP olunesabelo semakethe esifanayo ncamashi, kodwa ngenani elincane lamayunithi alethiwe. UDell uphume isithathu ngo-16,8%. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ayizange iphumelele kanye nemikhiqizo encintisanayo, enesabelo esingu-7,1% kuphela. Ngemva nje kwakhe, u-Acer waluma kuphayi ngo-6,4%.
Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi izinsuku zingezandulela futhi izinombolo zingashintsha. Lokhu kusizwa nawukuthi bekungunyaka odlule kuphela lapho u-Apple eveze uchungechunge olusha lweMacBook Pro, futhi bazodalula izibalo zokuthengisa zekota yonke kuphela ekupheleni kwenyanga. Ngakho-ke uGartner wasekela izinombolo zabo kudatha evela kuhlu lwamaketanga okuthengisa.
