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A daya daga cikin kasidunmu na farko kan tarihin Apple, mun ambata, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, yadda sabon iPad ya ba kowa mamaki da zuwansa. Bill Gates, duk da haka, bisa ga nasa kalaman, bai yi farin ciki da sabon kwamfutar apple ba, kuma Gates bai ɓoye shi ba.

Gates yayi sharhi game da iPad na farko makonni biyu bayan Steve Jobs ya fara gabatar da shi ga jama'a. Jim kadan bayan bayyanarsa a hukumance, kwamfutar hannu ta farko ta Apple ta haifar da wani tashin hankali lokacin da Stephen Colbert ya yi amfani da wani yanki da ba a sayar ba don karanta sunayen nadin. a lokacin Grammy Awards.

A wancan lokacin, Bill Gates ya riga ya himmantu ga ayyukan agaji fiye da fasaha, tun da ya yi murabus daga matsayin Shugaban Microsoft shekaru goma a baya. Duk da haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa ɗaya daga cikin 'yan jaridar ya tambaye shi game da sabon ƙari a cikin fayil ɗin samfurin Apple. Wannan ɗan jaridar ya kasance ɗan jaridan fasaha na dogon lokaci Brent Schlender, wanda, alal misali, ya gudanar da hira ta farko ta haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Ayyuka da Gates a cikin 1991. Gates yana da ɗan jarin kansa a cikin ra'ayin kwamfutar hannu, kamar yadda Microsoft ya taimaka majagaba nau'in "kwamfuta na kwamfutar hannu" shekaru da suka wuce - amma sakamakon bai gamu da babban nasarar kasuwanci ba.

"Ka sani, ni babban mai sha'awar taɓawa da karatun dijital ne, amma har yanzu ina tsammanin wasu haɗakar murya, alƙalami da ainihin maɓalli - a wasu kalmomi, netbook - zai zama al'ada ta wannan hanya," Gates ya ce a lokacin. "Don haka ba kamar ina zaune a nan ba ne kamar yadda na yi da iPhone, inda nake so, 'Ya Allahna, Microsoft ba ta da niyya sosai.' Yana da kyau mai karatu, amma babu wani abu a kan iPad da na duba in ce, 'Oh, ina fata Microsoft zai yi haka.''

A wasu hanyoyi, yana da sauƙi a yanke hukunci ga kalaman Gates da tsauri. Duban iPad a matsayin mai karanta e-reader hakika ya yi watsi da yawancin abin da ya sa ya zama sabon samfurin Apple mafi sauri-sayarwa bayan 'yan watanni. Halin da ya yi ya yi kama da dariyar dariyar da shugaban Microsoft Steve Ballmer ya yi na iphone ko kuma hasashen da Gates ya yi na halaka ga samfurin Apple na gaba mafi siye, iPod.

Duk da haka Gates ba lallai ba ne gaba ɗaya kuskure. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Apple yayi aiki don inganta ayyukan iPad, gami da ƙari na Apple Pencil, keyboard, da Siri mai sarrafa murya. Tunanin cewa ba za ku iya yin aiki na gaske akan iPad ba ya ɓace a yanzu. A halin yanzu, Microsoft ya ci gaba (duk da cewa yana da ƙarancin nasarar kasuwanci) kuma ya haɗu da tsarin aikin wayar hannu da tebur / kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.

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