Recently, I see that many people are discussing this HarmonyOS system, you must know that this HarmonyOS system has been running on mobile phones for many years, and it can be said that it already has its own user group. The new generation of pure HarmonyOS NEXT has been tested, and it is expected to meet you after the HarmonyOS 5.0 version, which will represent the HarmonyOS system to become the third largest mobile phone operating system after Android and iOS. But here comes the problem, many friends began to discuss when the HarmonyOS system can replace the PC operating system Windows. Today we are going to discuss this issue.
First of all, let me talk about my opinion: it is almost impossible for the HarmonyOS system to replace Windows on the PC. Don't think that HarmonyOS has succeeded in mobile phones, and think that he will definitely be able to replace the desktop system boss Windows. Everyone must understand one thing, the current PC version of the HarmonyOS system is just the beginning. If we look at the people around us who use computers, I can say that more than 90% of them are Windows, and only a very small number of Apple users use macOS. I think it's almost impossible to replace Windows.
Over the years, there are a lot of other domestic PC systems, and there are only one or two that can really form a scale, and there are several domestic systems that I know, such as Kirin, UnionTech, ZTE New Fulcrum, and I have tried these systems, I can only tell you that the system can be used, and the software experience is almost none. The number of users is pitiful, and if it weren't for the use of some special industries, it is estimated that basically no users will choose. Among the above domestic systems, UnionTech is the best, with tens of millions of users, but the software ecosystem is only a few million.
You may think this data is good, but if you look at the 1 billion users of Windows in the world, this is not counting those pirated ones, if you count them, it will be more than 1.5 billion. In terms of software, the Windows software ecosystem has reached 35 million, and it continues to rise, to put it bluntly, the best domestic system at this stage does not even account for a fraction of Windows. As a system that has just entered the PC side, how can it replace a PC operating system with more than 1 billion users around the world?
In fact, do you say that it is difficult to make a system? For Huawei, it is not difficult to build a system, but the difficulty lies in hardware support and software ecology. In addition, you have to have a certain number of users, otherwise who will use your system. The success of the mobile version of the HarmonyOS system is mainly due to the large size of the mobile phone, with hundreds of millions of mobile phone users around the world, and through everyone's recognition of the HarmonyOS system over the years, the HarmonyOS system has achieved certain success in the mobile phone. But we can't start to be blindly confident because of this little progress, we all hope that the domestic system can rise, but it is not this simple feeling to paralyze themselves. The current mobile phone version of the Hongmeng system is only barely successful, because it is not known whether the software compatibility can satisfy users when it is separated from the Android ecosystem in the later stage. Let's not mention anything in place of the PC version here.
You must know that as an operating system, he needs sufficient hardware and software support, if the hardware and software are not supported, then the system is basically impossible to succeed. At present, there are not many desktop-level supporters of the HarmonyOS system, and there are only some basic software, which can only meet the needs of some users with low needs. In terms of hardware and driver support rate, Windows is also at the level of 10 million, as for the HarmonyOS system, there is no clear hardware support for the time being. That is to say, if you want HarmonyOS to replace Windows, there are 1 billion users first, tens of millions of software ecology, and tens of millions of hardware support, but these obviously current HarmonyOS systems are impossible to achieve. So I can only say that the HarmonyOS PC version of the system may surpass other domestic operating systems in the later stage, but it is difficult to replace Windows, I don't know what you think about this?