ARM mac turning into iOS?

[q64ceo]

I believe that when Apple decides to stop supporting Intel that they will retire what we today call macOS and replace it with a new macOS based upon iPadOS.

 

[leman]

I believe that when Apple decides to stop supporting Intel that they will retire what we today call macOS and replace it with a new macOS based upon iPadOS.

What do you base this belief on?

 

[Cognizant.]

I believe that when Apple decides to stop supporting Intel that they will retire what we today call macOS and replace it with a new macOS based upon iPadOS.

No.

 

[exoticSpice]

I believe that when Apple decides to stop supporting Intel that they will retire what we today call macOS and replace it with a new macOS based upon iPadOS.

No they won't. It's the other way around. iOS and iPadOS are based on macOS.

The kernel they share is the same.

 

[ADGrant]

I think your complaint is that Mac is not turning into iOS.

Agreed, the OP's thread title is the opposite of the point he is trying to make.

 

[ADGrant]

But apple was able to deny apps if they weren't optimized for tablet screens, why can't they force devs to make them "mac optimized".

There are plenty of apps in the iOS App Store which are not optimized for iPads. Until recently they ran fairly badly on iPad OS but Apple has recently improved the situation. They now run correctly in landscape mode and you can use them with a trackpad and keyboard.

So if your priority is to run iOS apps on something with a laptop form factory, buy an iPad Pro 12.9" and the Magic keyboard.

 

[q64ceo]

What do you base this belief on?

It makes sense. It's a perfect way to segue into the post-Intel era. They cannot release a new version of macOS for Intel because this macOS is based upon iOS's code that works with Apple Silicon only. That's a cromulent Apple explanation.

 

[mr_roboto]

It makes sense. It's a perfect way to segue into the post-Intel era. They cannot release a new version of macOS for Intel because this macOS is based upon iOS's code that works with Apple Silicon only. That's a cromulent Apple explanation.

Why would they be so desperate for an excuse that they'd upend the entire Mac world just to invent one? The last Mac CPU transition worked like this: as soon as they thought they could do it without significant repercussions, they stopped supporting PowerPC Macs and didn't give any excuses or explanations.

Why would this time need to be any different? I suspect it'll take longer, because last time the outgoing pool of PPC Macs was so much smaller and felt obsolescent almost immediately. But when it's time for Intel support to go away, I expect it to play out the same way. They'll just announce that the next release of macOS is for Apple Silicon only, and won't bother rationalizing it.

Also this isn't even a decent excuse. There's no reason iOS couldn't be ported to Intel. As others have said, and as everyone on the technical side of things has known since forever, iOS/iPadOS are just forks of macOS to begin with. Code sharing happens all the time.

 

[Boil]

I believe that when Apple decides to stop supporting Intel that they will retire what we today call macOS and replace it with a new macOS based upon iPadOS.

What do you base this belief on?

It makes sense. It's a perfect way to segue into the post-Intel era. They cannot release a new version of macOS for Intel because this macOS is based upon iOS's code that works with Apple Silicon only. That's a cromulent Apple explanation.

Why would they be so desperate for an excuse that they'd upend the entire Mac world just to invent one? The last Mac CPU transition worked like this: as soon as they thought they could do it without significant repercussions, they stopped supporting PowerPC Macs and didn't give any excuses or explanations.

Why would this time need to be any different? I suspect it'll take longer, because last time the outgoing pool of PPC Macs was so much smaller and felt obsolescent almost immediately. But when it's time for Intel support to go away, I expect it to play out the same way. They'll just announce that the next release of macOS is for Apple Silicon only, and won't bother rationalizing it.

Also this isn't even a decent excuse. There's no reason iOS couldn't be ported to Intel. As others have said, and as everyone on the technical side of things has known since forever, iOS/iPadOS are just forks of macOS to begin with. Code sharing happens all the time.

Come on folks, they used the word "cromulent", that's gotta count for something; Tim Cook is contacting OP & the Apple software staff as we speak...! ;^p

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