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iPad 2 to run MAC OS X Lion?

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Marzooq

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What if the rumored iPad 2 running the apple A5 processor would run Mac Osx Lion instead of iOs that would be awesome 😀
What are your thoughts and state if its even possible to do this 🙂
This came from no source i just thoughts its just a possibility
 
Maybe in the future we will see iOS running on a Mac. I cannot see it happening the other way around.
 
Marzooq said:
What if the rumored iPad 2 running the apple A5 processor would run Mac Osx Lion instead of iOs that would be awesome 😀
What are your thoughts and state if its even possible to do this 🙂
This came from no source i just thoughts its just a possibility
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That would be comparable to a "Death Wish".
I doubt it will happen.
 
Oh god...another person who cannot comprehend the difference in an OS optimized for a mouse/trackpad and desktop/laptop system, and iOS designed for your finger as pointer.

OP-not happening with Lion. Perhaps when there is a merger of technologies in the future, but not with Lion.
 
iOS is OSX compiled and optimized for mobile devices with a UI/application layer to make it touchscreen and battery friendly, as well as more secure.

If Apple took desktop OSX and modified it to work well on a tablet, you would get iOS.
 
I'm with all the other people saying that iOS is OSX optimized for tabs. I have tried using tablets with desktop OS's on them and it is just horrible. I do think iOS needs to improve and be a bit more open but that's just me.
 
eawmp1 said:
Oh god...another person who cannot comprehend the difference in an OS optimized for a mouse/trackpad and desktop/laptop system, and iOS designed for your finger as pointer.

OP-not happening with Lion. Perhaps when there is a merger of technologies in the future, but not with Lion.
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Well havent u ever heard of Windows 7 running on tablets and why not Mac os X on a new fast processor, you can always adjust or port software to another peice of hardware cant u , and why wouldnt you want that power of a mac os under your fingertips, i heard that the Lion os has the power of iOs on a mac yes the possibilities of it happening is next to never but it would be nice to have

dejo said:
Hmm. Why do you think it would be awesome?
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Why wouldnt it be , you would have full mac experience on a iPad 🙄
 
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Marzooq said:
Why wouldnt it be , you would have full mac experience on a iPad 🙄
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Look at the screen on your mac. Look at the size of the min/max/close buttons on each window. Look at the size of your finger. Look at the size of all UI buttons on an iPad.
 
Stetrain said:
Look at the screen on your mac. Look at the size of the min/max/close buttons on each window. Look at the size of your finger. Look at the size of all UI buttons on an iPad.
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Yes u would need to optimize it for the iPad but then u would get iOS but hey can always dream , the min/max/close buttons could be enlarged ><
 
Marzooq said:
Yes u would need to optimize it for the iPad but then u would get iOS but hey can always dream , the min/max/close buttons could be enlarged ><
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iOS is OSX optimized for the iPhone and iPad. I think that over the next few years iOS will catch up with the capabilities of desktop OSX. It's technically capable of everything that desktop OSX is capable of. It has all of the power of OSX, it's just that Apple is slowly introducing those features to the touch screen environment as they develop the user interactions for them and as processing power catches up.
 
Marzooq said:
technically yes but COME ON wouldn't you love having Lion on the new iPad?
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No, because it would be non-functional in that environment

This has been debated over and over
OSX on the iPad is not feasible or desirable

Try a MBA
 
Marzooq said:
Well havent u ever heard of Windows 7 running on tablets and why not Mac os X
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Right.. and Win7 on tablets has been such an overwhelming success.. HP Slate running Windows - now that's been one successful and highly desirable product.. NOT.
 
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Sorry, but having recently used an iPad, I'd concur with Steve Jobs. A full blown OS on a tablet just doesn't work one bit. The HP Slate proved that.

You've got more chance of waking up on the moon tomorrow morning than the iPad running the Lion.
 
doesnt anyone have remote desktop for their ipad. navigating around OSX with your finger blows. the experience sucks
 
Acorn said:
doesnt anyone have remote desktop for their ipad. navigating around OSX with your finger blows. the experience sucks
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I was just typing up a post to say the same thing
I have used a remote desktop app, and unless you are doing the most basic functions it is tedious and unusable in my experience
 
Marzooq said:
Well havent u ever heard of Windows 7 running on tablets and why not Mac os X on a new fast processor, you can always adjust or port software to another peice of hardware cant u , and why wouldnt you want that power of a mac os under your fingertips, i heard that the Lion os has the power of iOs on a mac yes the possibilities of it happening is next to never but it would be nice to have



Why wouldnt it be , you would have full mac experience on a iPad 🙄
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You still haven't answered why would having a full mac experience on the ipad be better?

Maybe most people DON'T WANT the full mac experience on a tablet. MS has already proven that a full blown OS does not work/not desired. The iPad isn't the first tablet, but to date, its the ONLY successful one. If you want a full OS on a tablet, try a windows one.
 
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I'd rather have windows phone OS then windows 7 on a tablet. I can only imagine how laggy that tablet would be.
 
MacDawg said:
I was just typing up a post to say the same thing
I have used a remote desktop app, and unless you are doing the most basic functions it is tedious and unusable in my experience
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Its probably because your average (ipad etc) user wouldn't know what RD is or what to do with it.
 
as much as i love my ipad and the ipads operating system id love to see a tablet with some flavor of linux on it. just cause im that kind of geek.
 
Dudes Chill, i don't want to start a big fuss about nothing, i jut thought it would be nice to have it, everyone has his opinion and this is mine.
 
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