Eminyakeni yakamuva, ukubusa kwe-Microsoft Windows' emhlabeni wekhompuyutha yomuntu siqu sekuqalile ukukhombisa imifantu ekhathazayo. Le nkampani imemezele ukuthi uhlelo lwayo lokusebenza lulahlekelwe abasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi ezingama-400 kusukela ngo-2022., isibalo esimelela cishe ingxenye yesithathu yesisekelo saso esifakiwe eminyakeni emithathu nje. Ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva esemthethweni, iWindows njengamanje inamadivayisi asebenzayo acishe abe yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.000, ngaphansi kwerekhodi elifinyelelwe eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
Lokhu kwehla akuzange kwenzeke ngokuphazima kweso, kodwa Kungumphumela wenhlanganisela yezinto ezithinta kokubili abasebenzisi basekhaya nabachwepheshe.Amakhompiyutha e-Windows, amashumi eminyaka ayeyisizinda sekhompiyutha, ayalahlekelwa indawo emakethe lapho omakhalekhukhwini namathebulethi aya ngokuya ekwazi ukusebenza futhi etholakala yonke indawo. Abantu abaningi namuhla bakhetha ukusebenzisa ama-smartphones abo ukwenza imisebenzi ebiyenzeka kuphela kwi-PC, kusukela ekuphatheni amadokhumenti kuya ekudleni ukuzijabulisa.
Umphumela we-domino Windows 11 kanye nokuma komkhakha
Enye yezinto eziyimbangela yalokhu kulahlekelwa okukhulu kwabasebenzisi kube ukwethulwa nokwamukelwa kwe Windows 11. Uhlelo olusha lokusebenza luzungezwe impikiswano nokunganeliseki phakathi kwabasebenzisi., icaphuna izinkinga zokuzinza, izimfuneko ze-hardware ezinemikhawulo -njengokusetshenziswa okuyisibopho kwe-chip ye-TPM 2.0-kanye nolwazi lomsebenzisi olungaphansi kokukholisayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izici ezintsha ezingathandwayo njengokuhlanganiswa kwezikhangiso ohlelweni ngokwayo kanye nombono wokuthi ukuthuthukiswa kukhawulelwe kuye kwanciphisa ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe.
I-53% yabasebenzisi bedeskithophu bahlala bethembekile Windows 10, naphezu kokuthi ukusekelwa kwayo okusemthethweni kuzophela ngo-Okthoba 2025. Amakhompiyutha amaningi, ngisho nasesimweni esihle, ashiywe ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa ku-Windows 11 ngenxa yezinkinga zobuchwepheshe, okuphoqelela isinqumo esingakhululekile: vuselela i-hardware, qhubeka usebenzisa inguqulo ephelelwe yisikhathi-nazo zonke izingozi ezihilela lokhu-noma ukuhlola ezinye izindlela ezifana ne-Linux noma i-macOS.
Isimo siya ngokuba sibi njengoba amanye amapulatifomu ethola indawo. I-Apple, enama-Mac ayo ahlome ngama-chips e-ARM, ithuthuka ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezichwepheshile., kuyilapho i-ChromeOS ikhula emkhakheni wezemfundo futhi i-Linux ikhulisa isabelo sayo emkhakheni womphakathi kanye naphakathi kwezinkampani zase-Europe ezithintekayo mayelana nokuncika kobuchwepheshe nezindleko zamalayisensi. Amazwe afana neJalimane, i-Denmark, ne-France aseqalile ukushiya i-Windows ezinhlelweni zawo, akhetha isofthiwe yomthombo ovulekile.
Usongo lwangaphandle lwe-Microsoft nezinselele zangaphakathi
Ngaso leso sikhathi, umhlaba wemidlalo yevidiyo, inqaba yendabuko yeWindows, usuqala ukukhombisa izimpawu zoshintsho ebusweni Ingcindezi ye-SteamOS, isistimu yokusebenza esekelwe ku-Linux ye-Valve, eyimpumelelo kuma-consoles aphathekayo futhi futhi ihlose ukunqoba amadeskithophu avamile.
Ngaleso sikhathi, imizamo yeMicrosoft yokuvuselela imakethe ibe nomthelela omncane. Izici ezintsha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa kulokho okubizwa nge-PC Copilot+ Abazange bakhiqize isasasa elilindelekile phakathi kwabathengi, futhi abasebenzisi abaningi bayaqhubeka nokuzwakalisa ukunganeliseki kwabo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nasezinkundleni ezifana neReddit, lapho begxeka khona isu lenkampani kanye nokuntuleka kokuqamba okusha kwangempela.
Ngo-2025, izibalo zikhombisa lokho Windows 11 afinyelelanga ku-36% wemakethe, ngenkathi i-Windows 10 yahlala cishe ku-60%. Izibalo zakamuva ezivela ku-StatCounter ziqinisekisa ukuthi, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuphela kwe-Windows 10 ukwesekwa, amakhompyutha angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-500 asathembele kule nguqulo. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi izigidi zabasebenzisi zizoshintsha amadivayisi ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngakho-ke ukuhlukana kwesisekelo somsebenzisi kulindeleke ukuthi kushube nakakhulu.
Ikusasa elingaqinisekile leWindows
I-Microsoft iyabazi ubucayi besimo futhi icabanga ukusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokwethulwa kwe-Windows 12 ukuzama ukuhlehlisa lo mkhuba. Kodwa-ke, ukuncintisana okuqondile okuvela kwezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza kanye nokuqhubekela phambili okungenakuvinjelwa kwamadivayisi eselula kanye nefu kusho ukuthi umlando we-Windows' gemony uphonselwa inselelo ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili.
Ushintsho olungcono lwedeskithophu yedijithali elandelayo luzoncika ku-a isinqumo esibalulekile sezigidi zabasebenzisi: thuthukisa ihadiwe ukuze uhlale ku-ecosystem ye-Windows, umelane noshintsho futhi ubeke ubungozi, noma vele ufune enye indlela evumelana nezimo nesimanjemanje. Ukulahleka kwabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-400 eminyakeni embalwa nje kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi inkathi yokubusa ngokuphelele kweWindows isifika esiphethweni, nokuthi iMicrosoft kuzodingeka isungule kabusha isu layo uma ifuna ukuphinda isethe izinga kukhompyutha yomuntu siqu.