Ngokuqinisekileyo abasebenzisi abaninzi abakeva nge yayiyiPost-PC de uSteve Jobs wathetha ngayo ngo-2007, unyaka owaqaliswa ngawo i-iPhone yokuqala. Kodwa inyaniso kukuba ngumkhwa ogama lakhe laqala ukuvela kwi-2000 ngu-MIT usosayensi uDavid D. Clark. Kutheni ndithetha ngexesha lePost-PC ngoku? Impendulo kukuba Sele sibrawuza iwebhu ngakumbi kwiiselfowuni kunye neetafile kunekhompyuter.
Ngaphambi kokuqhubeka ndingathanda ukucacisa ukuba andikholelwa, ukuba kusekho ixesha elide lePost-PC ukuba ibe yinyani. Kungenjalo, inokuba yintoni inqaku lokuphehlelelwa mva nje kweMacBook Pro entsha? Singasathethi yonke into esinokuyenza ngePC ngcono kwaye ngokukhawuleza kunethebhulethi. Ekuphela kwento ekuthethwa ngayo apha kukuba a kufunda yenziwe yinkampani yohlalutyo StatCounter, apho basichazela ukuba, ngokokuqala ngqa kwimbali, ii-smartphones kunye neetafile zisetyenzisiwe ngaphezulu kokutya umxholo wewebhu kuneekhompyuter zedesktop.
Ixesha le-Post-PC kwiwebhu: sisebenzisa i-51.3% yomxholo kwizixhobo eziphathwayo
Idatha ye-StatCounter ityhila ukuba, kuko konke ukusetyenziswa kwe-Intanethi, Ii-smartphones kunye neetafile zithathe i-51.3%, ngelixa i-desktop kunye ne-laptop computers zahlala zine-48.7%. Kwinqanaba lelizwe, kwiimarike ezikhulayo, ezifana ne-Indiya, ngaphezu kwe-75% yomxholo wewebhu isetyenziswe kwizixhobo eziphathekayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, eUnited States i-58% yolu hlobo lomxholo isetyenziswe kwiikhomputha, ezishiya i-42% yee-smartphones kunye neetafile.
Nakwiimarike eziphuhlileyo, yinto nje yexesha ngaphambi kokuba izixhobo eziphathwayo zisetyenziswe ngokubanzi kuneekhompyuter, ehlala ethetha nge-Intanethi okanye umxholo wewebhu. Kuphela nje ukuba i-tablet ibonelelwa lula isivumela ukuba sifumane yonke into esifuna ukuyazi kwisofa ekwigumbi lethu lokuhlala kwaye ngaphandle kokusikhathaza ngobunzima bayo obuninzi okanye ubungakanani, akunjalo?