双语新闻：iOS8漏洞严重用户更新步伐较慢

2014-10-10 15:44:55来源：可可英语

　　The release of Apple’s latest mobile softwaresystem, iOS 8, was riddled with major bugs, andApple customers actually seem to care. They areadopting the new software update more slowly thanthey did past releases.

　　苹果(Apple)发布的最新移动软件系统iOS 8出现了各种重大漏洞，而苹果用户似乎对此相当在意。与该公司过去发布新系统时相比，用户现在更新软件的步伐要慢得多。

　　The company said on a webpage that as of Sunday 47 percent of Apple mobile devices arerunning iOS 8 after it was released about two and a half weeks ago. That is much loweradoption rate than that of the previous version, iOS 7, which was running on about 70 percentof device about two and a half weeks after its release, according to an estimate by Mixpanel.The blog MacRumors earlier spotted the statistic.

　　苹果公司在网站上表示，该公司在大约两周半之前发布了iOS 8系统，截至周日，47%的苹果移动设备运行了该系统。据Mixpanel估计，新系统的采用率远低于之前的iOS 7，在发布大约两周半后，iOS 7的采用率约为70%。博客网站MacRumors早些时候公布了这一数据。

　　There are a couple of popular theories for why people might be picking up iOS 8 more slowly.For one, they could have heard about the serious bugs, like the one that temporarily causedsome users’ phones to stop working. For another, the software update requires a significantamount of storage on the device — about five gigabytes — when it is installed wirelessly overthe Internet.

　　至于人们更新步伐较慢的原因，有两种比较普遍的观点。一个原因是，他们可能对这些严重漏洞有所耳闻，比如有一个漏洞会导致一些用户的手机暂时停止运转。另一个原因是，通过网络无线安装升级软件要求设备拥有大量存储空间——大约5G。

　　Why should anyone care? For Apple, it is a big plus when a large amount of people grab thelatest iOS: The newest system is made to work best on newer phones, and that encouragespeople with older devices to eventually buy new ones. As for third-party software developersselling apps through Apple’s App Store, it is more efficient to focus on building apps for asingle audience running the same software system.

　　为什么大家会关心这个问题呢?对于苹果来说，如果大量用户采用新版iOS系统，这将是一个有利因素，新系统为新版iPhone量身制定，在新手机上使用效果最佳，这会促使使用旧设备的用户最终购买新设备。对于通过苹果App Store出售应用程序的第三方软件开发商而言，集中力量为使用同一软件系统的单一用户群开发应用会更有效率。

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