I-APPLE STORE IFUMANA UMMELWANE OMTSHA: IMICROSOFT-IENDABA ZEMERCURY

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IMicrosoft ivule ivenkile yayo yokuqala eMantla eCalifornia ngoLwesine, ipaka i4,000 yeenyawo zayo ezizikwemitha zezixhobo zokubala ezikhazimlisiweyo kunye neglasi ebenyezelayo ebetha udaka epasejini eValley Fair ukusuka kwiikhawunta ezikhazimlisiweyo kunye neglasi ekhazimlayo. apile ( I-AAPL ) Ivenkile.

Ndiziva ndimbi ngaba bafana base-Apple, utshilo uBlake Contreras, oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala waseSan Jose omise inkampu ngaphandle kobusuku obungaphambili ukuze abe ngowokuqala kumgca wokuvula. UMicrosoft wenza eli theko likhulu, kwaye abasebenzi beApple kufuneka bahlale apho babukele.

I-Apple iya kuba kakuhle, Blake. Ngeevenkile ze-357 kwihlabathi jikelele, i-Cupertino tech giant ishiye ukhuphiswano lwayo kwi-Redmond, Geza., Igumbi elininzi lokubamba kwindawo yokuthengisa. Kwaye ngelixa iMicrosoft ithembisa ukuvuleka ngakumbi kungekudala, ivenkile yeSilicon Valley yayiyiNombolo ye-13 kuphela. Sekunjalo, njengoko ikhethini elimhlophe-tarp lawa ngo-9: 53 ekuseni, ibhokisi elikhazimulayo le-jewel iMicrosoft liye lakhupha kwi-sleeve yayo yathatha umoya wesihlwele.

Egqunywe ngabasebenzi kwi-T-shirt enemibala enemibala, umphathi wevenkile uMike Ortiz wabampompa ngakumbi. Molo, Santa Clara! wakhwaza embhobho. Kusivuyisa kakhulu ukuba lapha, kwaye sinabantu abaninzi ngaphakathi abafuna ukukubonisa iimveliso ezininzi ezipholileyo zikaMicrosoft.

Babelapho ke, bexhumaxhuma kwaye bekhwaza bekhwaza kakhulu wonke umthengi wafunxa kwisikram. Uyilo lwevenkile ngokucacileyo lwaluyinto yokunqwala kumntu okhuphisana naye ome imizuzwana engama-20 kude. Imigca ayicocekanga kuphela, i-antiseptic.

Kwaye njengoGcino lwe-Apple, iitafile, izinto zokubala kunye nemiboniso eludongeni kwiVenkile yeMicrosoft zicwangciswe ngononophelo ukwenza uhlobo lolonwabo olulinganayo kundwendwe. Kodwa mhlawumbi eyona nto ibeka ivenkile ngokwahlukileyo ludonga lwayo olumangalisayo lwevidiyo olunamacala nasemva kwendawo. Ukutyhubela kuyo kukho abalinganiswa abashukumayo, imbonakalo yendalo ewisa imihlathi kunye neefoto zeemveliso zikaMicrosoft.

Udonga luzisa amandla amaninzi evenkileni, utshilo uMika Yamamoto, umphathi jikelele weMicrosoft yokuthengisa kunye namava abathengi. Kodwa imigangatho ye-oki, iitafile kunye nezinto zokubala zikwanceda ukudala imvakalelo yasekhaya, ukuze wonke umntu ukusuka kwisithoba ukuya kwi-99 akhululeke ngokuza apha.

Uninzi lwabathengi ababefolile ngobusuku kwaye kusasa babeze ngezizathu ezingezizo iimveliso zikaMicrosoft; I-giveaways ibandakanya amatikiti ukuya kwiikonsathi ezishushu kunye nethuba lokubona i-49ers legend uJoe Montana kamva emini. Kodwa nokuba beze ngeenjongo ezigwenxa okanye khange kwenzeke ukuba babe ngabalandeli bakaMicrosoft, uninzi lwabatyeleli baye babethwa ngumoya ongaphakathi evenkileni.

Ndinelaptop yeMicrosoft, kodwa ndinayo i-iPhone, ngoko ke ndohlule ukuthembeka, ndiyaqikelela, utshilo uBrittany O'Brien, umfundi oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala waseSonoma State oqhube ngentsimbi yesi-2 ekuseni kwaye wangena emgceni, ubukhulu becala ukuya. snag amatikiti amabini simahla kwikonsathi ngolwesihlanu by Black Keys. Kodwa oku kubuchwephesha obuphezulu, xa kuthelekiswa neVenkile yeApple phaya. Ndiyayithanda imibala eqaqambileyo apha; bakwenza ufune ukungena ngaphakathi. Le venkile yenza i-Apple Store ibonakale ingwevu.

Kodwa abaninzi bavumile ukuba babengabathandi beMac nje apho kwi-freebies. Kubhengezo oluqaqambileyo lwentengiso, uMicrosoft wayejinga amatikiti ekonsathi simahla kubantu bokuqala abangama-700 emgceni ukuze babone iiBlack Keys okanye uJoe Jonas. Isihlwele, esibonakale sikufutshane namanqaku angama-500 kungekudala ngaphambi kwentsimbi yesi-9 kusasa, yayingabantu abancinci abakwiminyaka yabo yeshumi elivisayo kunye nabaneminyaka engama-20 ubudala bedlala ngee-iPhones zabo emgceni. Xa intatheli yakhwaza isihlwele, efuna ukuthenga imveliso yeMicrosoft, kwaphakanyiswa isandla esinye kuphela.

U-Luigi Chiamese, oneminyaka engama-66, uthe uza kujonga iMicrosoft kwaye anike amatikiti kaJoe Jonas kumtshana womhlobo oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala.

Ukuba oko bakuthethayo ngokulinganisa kuyinyani, i-Apple kufuneka izive ithotyiwe. Ivenkile yeMicrosoft, esithe isithethi sathi ibekwe kule ndawo ngenxa yokuba inetrafikhi enzima kunye nengeniso emdaka-nge-square-foot, ithatha amaphepha amaninzi kummelwane wayo, kubandakanya nempendulo kaMicrosoft kwi-Apple Genius Bar, ebizwa ngokuba yiDesika yeempendulo.

USteve Jobs kunye ne-Apple yathatha ukuthengisa kwi-age entsha kunye neevenkile zayo, utshilo ingcali yokuthengisa kunye nonjingalwazi weYunivesithi yaseSanta Clara uBuford Barr. Kwaye kwishishini, ukulinganisa yeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokukhohlisa, ke iMicrosoft ilumke ngokwaneleyo ukuba ithathe ezinye zeengcinga zika-Apple. I-Apple ine-traffic, ngoko iMicrosoft ibeka ngqo ngaphaya kwayo. Liqhinga lomlandeli-kutheni ungafuna ukuba kwelinye icala leevenkile ezinkulu xa unokuba apho isenzo siphi?

UBarr uthi iMicrosoft inokubonakala ngathi yikopi, kodwa akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngokuba nenombolo yesibini kwezi venkile. Vumela i-Apple ichithe imali enkulu kwaye ize nemibono kwaye emva koko ikopishe ezinye zazo. Ekugqibeleni, oku kuya kubanceda bobabini.

Umqeshwa wakwa-Apple obukele itheko ngapha kwendlela wabonakala evuma. Siyavuya belapha, utshilo. Kodwa asinaxhala. Baninzi abathengi betekhnoloji abasigcina sixakekile.

Qhagamshelana noPatrick May kwi-408-920-5689, okanye umlandele e-patmaymerc kwi Twitter .

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