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iOS 14.5 Beta 5 References Unreleased 'A14X' Chip Rumored for iPad Pro

Unregistered 4U said:
It may never be fulfilled for you, and that’s fine. Different systems for different folks. There are likely folks that used an Apple II ‘till the day they died and never understood why folks considered that “Mac toy” a valid option. :)
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Don’t get me wrong, the iPad Pro has come a long way but I still feel there’s a way to go to fulfilling its potential. On a side note, a few years ago known Apple Analyst Neil Cybart wrote on how the Mac has become Apple’s Achilles heel. Along the lines of what you’re thinking

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Thunderbolt connectivity sounds awesome for sync and data transfer speeds. Would be a huge step forward. If they could only improve the outdated slow lightning data transfer speeds now as well
 
Wando64 said:
Time for a dual OS iPad?
iPadOS when used as a tablet.
MacOS when docked.

It is certainly powerful enough to handle it.
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Would be awesome. Would be harder to promote the point of a MacBook as well. macOS can run iOS apps now but they still lack touch screens. So logically it would make sense to just get an iPad since it would be dual OS, touch screen, and cellular connectivity. But since they're bringing back lots of ports and magsafe on MacBooks that would be their selling point.
 
transpo1 said:
I've used MacOS for about 20 years. Pretty sure I know exactly what it does. And I've used iOS for 15 years. Also know exactly what that does.

To even think that there's no possibility of the two ever merging shows a real lack of understanding of what is possible, and open-mindedness.

Remember, Steve Jobs took hard, dug-in positions only to do an about-face a few years later. This stuff happens. Keep an open mind. They will eventually merge, even if it’s on a new hardware product.
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To even think they could or would merge shows a real lack of understanding.
 
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WoodpeckerBaby said:
It does for the packaging. Independent memory chips are cheaper than packing 2 or 3 different dies in one package.
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The ram being in the package is independent of whether it is UMA. A14 has ram in the package and it’s thin enough for iPhones.

And putting ram in the package is cheaper than external ram. Fewer components on the main board is always cheaper. That’s what Moore’s law was originally about. One package is cheaper than two. Smaller main boards are cheaper than bigger ones.
 
Lemon Olive said:
To even think they could or would merge shows a real lack of understanding.
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Let’s take an example because I think you’re having trouble with this: there’s absolutely no reason you couldn’t run a Mac word processing app on iPad with a Magic Keyboard. It wouldn’t be as good, so most power users would still buy Macs. But in the future Apple will have less and less reason not to enable it. Higher performance, complex apps wouldn’t qualify.

I’m afraid it’s you that has a real lack of understanding of what will be possible/desirable in the future. And how ambivalent Apple can be about cannibalizing their own products.

They gave a keyboard to an iPad. There will be a touchscreen on a Mac at some point, too.
 
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