With so much available space, they could have added a gpu. That would be a great addition to Mac mini and MacBook owners.
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With so much available space, they could have added a gpu. That would be a great addition to Mac mini and MacBook owners.
Oh, I dont disagree at all. Im just saying that throwing OSX on there as it currently stands would be a terrible idea. Sure, launchpad is kinda touch oriented, but thats like saying that Windows 8 is a great tablet os because of the interface formerly known as Metro. If that interface were used throughout the os, it would work great. But its not. This causes some difficulty, especially where the apps were designed for the desktop environment.
Now, give me a completely touch oriented UI in OSX on a 12 inch tablet and I will ditch my laptop in a heartbeat. That thing would be a thing I need.
"You're first good one in awhile now... awhile now, you must be smoking, or joking, ha."
I think there's going to be a significant UI update with the next iteration of OSX. I think Apple knows that too much iOS 7 in OSX would be a mistake, but I think we will see a bit more iOS-inspired elements in this year's OSX. Is it going to feature a touch oriented UI? Who knows?
All I know is that, regardless of what Apple does with OSX/iOS, this will be an amazing year for Apple fans:
- iOS 8
- new OSX
- Redesigned MacMini's?
- Redesigned Cinema Displays?
- iPhone 6
- iPad Air 2
- iPad Pro?
- iWatch?
- new iPods?
- new Apple TV?
- New iMacs and MacBooks
Can't wait......
Steps in the right direction, but theyre not there yet. Thats not to say they wont release something fantastic that addresses all finger related usability issues at WWDC. In fact, I bet they probably will, since a tablet that size needs a desktop quality os to be tempting. But they will not throw OSX on there as it is. Because that would be terrible.
I can see a market for this kind of tablet, especially in the work place, since many people would rather carry a larger iPad instead of a laptop everyday.
I agree on that purpose as I described it, but the recent articles keep alluding to "enterprise" segment. Normally "enterprise" is another word for meat and potato activities in corporate which typically does not jot down music, look at schematics or code. I love my iPad, and use it for some business activities, but size is not the reason I'd never write a brief on it. Which gets back to my original point -- a "pro" model has to behave more like a computer, and have true pro features for it to be of any use to enterprise, or its just a bigger screen iPad.
In YOUR opinion maybe. I'd certainly welcome a larger iPad, particularly if it also sported
- Wacom pen support
- windowed multitasking.
The "Apple TV something" has long been discussed, and I doubt Apple will introduce it this year. The rumors on it have been very scarce, and the only time it truly got spotlight was when it was referred to in Steve Jobs' biography. I also don't think the iPhone 6 will be announced in June. The WWDC is before all a software convention for developers. Secondly, iPhone is currently Apple's flagship product, I think they will continue holding a Media Event just for it to make the hype go UP.
Apple is smart. They will just price it high enough to recoup from loss computer sales while the Mac lineup suffers even more.
So you think software can only be used in enterprises when it's super difficult to use? Lol.
Kinda like how the 13" MBA isn't more interesting than an 11" MBA, or 15" rMBP isn't more interesting than a 13" rMBP, or a 27" iMac isn't more interesting than a 21" iMac? Point being, for the Mac line, you have many Macs, one OSX that scales through all the sizes. You pick the device based on the hardware capabilities and screen size that YOU need.
There's no stopping Apple from doing the same with the iPads - many iPads, one iOS. It might not be interesting but not out of the realm of possibility.
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Brilliant post. 100% Agree. Like yourself, I see the future of mobile computing consisting of iPads for mainstream users and Retina MBP for pro users. The MBA line will come to an end, eventually.
Maybe Apple should stop selling 11", 13" and 15" Macbooks and replace them with a single product, a MacBook with a 9.7" screen.
Because you know, according to some people here there is zero advantage to a screen bigger than 9.7" on a portable device.
Because you know, according to some people here there is zero advantage to a screen bigger than 9.7" on a portable device.
They would have to completely change the UI and add many new features for this to be worth purchasing. Multitasking (true multitasking) and Touch ID would be nice additions.
I have utterly no idea what you are talking about or how you interpreted that from my post.
We will never see a filing system on iOS. The majority of people only want to tap a photo in order to upload it/share it. They want a simple play list on songs. People genuinely don't care about exactly how things are stored in iOS, so long as they can easily get to it which they can.
If there's one PCI-e device that Thunderbolt doesn't carry enough bandwidth for, it's a GPU.
Thunderbolt only carries 4 lanes of PCI-e. Most GPUs won't deliver any better performance than what you get from the Intel HD GPU without having a full 16 lanes of bandwidth.
Thunderbolt 2 does a bit better because you can multilink to deliver more bandwidth, but we're talking about an interconnect that only exists now, where the Thunderbolt Cinema Display was launched in early 2011. With the low bandwidth, adding a GPU would have added cost to the bill of materials, without adding performance worth talking about.
It would be easier for Apple to simply buy the MS Surface division and sanction the Hackintosh.
That's because it has always been nothing but a rumor. Just like this silly iPad rumor.
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Exactly...another rumor in a long line of rumors that will probably never happen.