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Concept Video Shows a 13-Inch 'iPad Pro' Running a Full Version of OS X
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I agree, I'll take one. Never understand Y Apple hasn't created one to begin with (bluetooth, that is.
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Still needs a slot for one. Come on Apple, you gave the world the tablet, now all the other manufactures are passing you by.
I agree, I'll take one. Never understand Y Apple hasn't created one to begin with (bluetooth, that is.
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Still needs a slot for one. Come on Apple, you gave the world the tablet, now all the other manufactures are passing you by.
Protip: As pretty as some of the demos might be, "concept video" is usually shorthand for "bunch of pixels puked onto a picture/video/whatever by someone with no experience of bringing a product to production".
Why is this even a rumour?
This is not an idea, or a product. Its a stupid YouTube video that shouldn't even be given attention by MacRumors.
Apple knows full well that iOS is built for touch, Mac OS X is built for keyboard & mouse.
End of story. There is no merger, there is no "version of" OS X being made for a large iPad.
You're absolutly right, however I was thinking more along the lines of as the primary OS of the machine.
Yep, exactly the concept I was thinking, Really my point is that if there's a Hardware/Software combo to be tried I'm pretty sure Apple has tried it or is working on it. I wouldn't surprise me to find out there's versions of Maveriks and iOS running on Power chips somewhere. Even the products that never come to market provide valueble learning experiences. When I am developing a product sometimes the seemingly unrelated things we develop (and that never go anywhere) have provided some good insight or different ways of thinging that can be applied to the design of a new product.
Oh yes please! and a wired keyboard with Thunderbolt ports instead of USB (I'll buy USB dongles if I need)
And I bet if you looked back at a lot of those threads they were saying it was a bad idea because the only kind of tablet people had seen was ones like this with a full desktop OS, and those never worked. And they still won't work outside of niche markets where it would be very hard to unseat windows, plus not worth the money it would take.
WHY do people make these stupid ass concept videos with the stupid music and stupid concepts in a stupid attempt to be like apples stupid ads? So much autism.
Actually, every iPad mockup was the iOS on the iPhone but blown up to 10" screen size.
We got exactly what they predicted and it was an obvious step forward for Apple.
I wouldn't want to see the standard fare of OSX on a tablet. It'd be just as bad as Windows XP, 7, and in some cases 8 on a tablet.
It'd be nice to see more desktop like capabilities out of the iPad though.
It's simple: it is currently impossible to make a thin computer that runs a desktop OS without a fan. An iPad running OS X would therefore need a fan, unless its performance is severely limited so that you wouldn't be able to do the things that you'd want to do on OS X instead of iOS anyway. An iPad with moving parts such as a fan won't be happening, as it would make the machine heavier and thicker. Not to mention power requirements.
Listen to this guy, MacRumors, and delete this groundless "rumor".
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Can I have back the last 3 minutes of my life please?
Exactly. Hating on MacRumors right now for posting yet another analyst junk prediction. Even Trelawney would've done a better job.
Well, either way (iOS or OS X) it will be interesting to see if the rumor is true and, if so, whether or not the rumored device is easier to type on than an iPad / iPad mini. I think sustained high-speed typing is pretty hard without a full-sized physical keyboard. And yes, there's also the stylus-based on-screen drawing use case that currently requires a separate pad on OS X devices.
But let's not forget: the MacBook Airs are getting really thin and light. I don't want to hijack this into an "ARM MacBook Air is inevitable" flamewar, but isn't it about time for a refresh of the MacBook Air line(s) physical design? Last update to the enclosures was way back in what, 2010? My guess is that the next gen will be even thinner and lighter. Maybe around the WWDC timeframe?
This makes no sense at all.
You can't in one breath say: this is the future.
Then in the next say: more power than the current iMac or Mac Pro.
If it's the future, then the FUTURE iMac and Mac Pros will have even more power. The power requirements for the more robust software and services will increase, as they have been doing for the past 20 years. We will need even faster machines to compute heavier code and more demanding users.
I am all for the OSX running pad, and have even found a certain love for the Surface Pro 2 and Windows 8 running tablets, but they aren't perfect, and I still need a quad core desktop with 32GB of RAM every now and then.
Even iOS itself is optimized based on which device, and even the model of device, you own. Same thing with all the universal apps. There would be so much useless code in a unified OS based on your device that it makes zero sense.
All I'm trying to say is the way we interact with computers is changing, you'll have a tablet or smart phone, you may have wireless storage in your home with appliances having there own computer power. When you get home your TV will work with the the smart phone to give you a bigger screen to interact with. You'll sit your tablet on your desk or coffee table and use a wireless keyboard or virtual KB for typing if you don't want to dictate what you're writing.
The desktop as we know it won't exist, it will most likely morph into more functions on your smart TV. Your local cloud storage will be hidden away in the walls of the house.
As always we sit and wait to see what the next big thing is that will take off and change how we access our information.
Don't get me wrong . . . I totally agree with you. More than you think.
We just can't say that future tech X will be better than present tech Y.
It's reminiscent of those that claim X present tech will be obsolete because Y future tech will be here someday.
I hope they are working on it...
But not soon.
Like a lot of things, Apple loves to let their competitors make a colossal screw-up with new tech, then wait until the dust settles, and come out with an "amazing!" product, that basically solves all the mistakes.
So, I hope they are working on this. Slowly, so they have the code base ready and waiting, when the time comes that they can pop out the door and go "We did one OS, and it works!"
I've actually long thought that a merger of the two OSes, will be when Apple finally advances from OS 10.x to OS 11.x A few years ago I thought they'd do it in time to avoid a OS X 10.10. But, now, I'm inclined to think it's a few years off. But, I have a hard time picturing that they aren't working on it. It will require serious automation of adjustments between modes, and a lot of work making transitions smooth. And, I'd suspect, probably have a small screen mode, looking something like iOS 7.
But not soon.
Like a lot of things, Apple loves to let their competitors make a colossal screw-up with new tech, then wait until the dust settles, and come out with an "amazing!" product, that basically solves all the mistakes.
So, I hope they are working on this. Slowly, so they have the code base ready and waiting, when the time comes that they can pop out the door and go "We did one OS, and it works!"
I've actually long thought that a merger of the two OSes, will be when Apple finally advances from OS 10.x to OS 11.x A few years ago I thought they'd do it in time to avoid a OS X 10.10. But, now, I'm inclined to think it's a few years off. But, I have a hard time picturing that they aren't working on it. It will require serious automation of adjustments between modes, and a lot of work making transitions smooth. And, I'd suspect, probably have a small screen mode, looking something like iOS 7.