Kuo: OLED MacBook Pro to Feature Touch Screen Display

[Plerf]

This would’ve angered Steve Jobs 😂

Nah. One thing Steve was sometimes good at was changing his mind as if he had thought of it himself in the first place.

He would have been glad to do a touch MacBook and been a hellish fiend on his employees for getting it “right.”

And he would have done it years ago once the market moved that way.

 

[Pupi]

no, apple is beginning a "trying to bleed a rock" phase. since there is no more market space for any mainstream device, they try specialized devices for very small user groups. watch ultra and vision were the first ones.

A MacBook iPad hybrid would hit mainstream in ways neither separate device could do. Do you know Nintendo? They used to make a separate portable and home console line. They combined both in a single line and have made more money since that, than in all their previous history. Remember the iPhone? Apple combined a portable handheld Mac, a phone, an iPod, and created the most successful device in history. People would be crying to "not canibalize" the iPod. iPad is the new iPod.

 

[Plerf]

It's heading that way. In 5 years I think we'll find it odd MacOS and iPadOS were two separate things.

As has been pointed out to me in previous discussions, the big difference is:

MacOS - open platform, you can put whatever you want on there without paying Apple a nickel. And you can monkey around with lots of ways to use the thing.

iOS of all flavors - closed platform, Apple decides who gets on and gets a taste of any money they earn. User experience is fairly straitjacketed.

(Among may other differences, of course.)

Honestly, I don’t mind the “walled garden” approach*—but I do prefer MacOS as the interface between me and my computation devices of laptop size.

(* - I know this is not a popular stance for all of the people here who post comments on Macrumors without actually owning Macs or iPhones, so bring me your angst!)

 

[Plerf]

Steve in 2004: we aren’t putting video on an iPod, the screen would be too small for an enjoyable experience.
Steve in 2005: so anyway, the video iPod.

Exactly. He wasn’t as rigid as his public pronouncements seemed. While he was a design fanatic, he also like making money, especially on his second go-round with the company.

 

[Niallcarney]

It seems like rumors of touch displays for Macs have been around for a long time, and they never really come to fruition. Instead, we get a new iPadOS that features more "Mac-like" usability.

The target users and use cases for Macs and for iPads are somewhat different. Until this year, Apple has not blurred the line too much. Of course, there was the time when they advertised iPads as "computers", but they've never advertised Macs as tablets with keyboards. That's something that Microsoft would do, such as with their Surface Pro and Go lineup.

So, why would Apple want to copy that approach, after all these years of keeping their lineups relatively distinct?

I get the feeling that we're going to be hearing and debating this rumor again and again for years to come, but nothing will likely come out of it. Why would Apple make a Mac with a touch screen, unless they could somehow make it significantly different (and better) from the mass of Windows touchscreen laptops already out there?

Possibly because the next generation of Mac Buyers have grown up with touchscreens all their life and have come to expect it? Both of my kids are better/faster at playing games with on-screen controls than I am with a controller or a keyboard. They just adapted to it quicker than I did. I have no idea though, but won't be surprised when it happens.

 

[MacsRgr8]

you'll get way more than 40%. theres reason they didnt really want to talk about it during iPhone event. they want this as main selling point on M5 Macs (and other M-based devices)

As the Mac Studio got M4 Max and M3 Ultra, the M5 Max / Ultra will probably be for the 2026 Mac Pro…?

 

[hovscorpion12]

As has been pointed out to me in previous discussions, the big difference is:

MacOS - open platform, you can put whatever you want on there without paying Apple a nickel. And you can monkey around with lots of ways to use the thing.

iOS of all flavors - closed platform, Apple decides who gets on and gets a taste of any money they earn. User experience is fairly straitjacketed.

(Among may other differences, of course.)

Honestly, I don’t mind the “walled garden” approach*—but I do prefer MacOS as the interface between me and my computation devices of laptop size.

(* - I know this is not a popular stance for all of the people here who post comments on Macrumors without actually owning Macs or iPhones, so bring me your angst!)

This post needs to be pinned for everyone to see. Could not have said it better myself.

 

[tennisproha]

I doubt this. Apple has been pretty vehement about only introducing touch when it serves a function.

 

[OliOliOliOli]

Touch my screen with your finger and I brake it!

 

[iPhoneFan5349]

Who asked for this?

Dude, who asked for the car?

 

[Ursadorable]

If they're going to introduce a touchscreen, hopefully they make the lid fully open so you can fold it over like a tablet and it can become an iPad. Oh, and while they're at it, please make it clear the screen if you shake it upside down.

 

[Plerf]

If they're going to introduce a touchscreen, hopefully they make the lid fully open so you can fold it over like a tablet and it can become an iPad. Oh, and while they're at it, please make it clear the screen if you shake it upside down.

I’ve never used a fully flip-over laptop convertible—I guess a person gets used to the bottom of their “tablet” being the keyboard instead of a flat surface? Can you lie it on the keyboard when using it on a desk or table?

I think if I’m buying a convertible, detachable keyboard is where I’m at.

But I don’t think I’m buying a convertible so……

 

[rafark]

I already have to deal with fingerprints on my MacBook’s screen already,

why? How?

 

[subjonas]

Of the years and years of using several Microsoft Surface devices, I've probably touched the screen 10 times, and most of that was accidental. I'm in it for the pen input.

 

[Jamie0003]

This a media/industry wish, not an Apple desire. It will never happen.

Then why the touch screen?

 

[AbhijitShanbhag]

So..., they are finally out of ideas then....

 

[james948]

About time. Can’t wait.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Exactly. He wasn’t as rigid as his public pronouncements seemed. While he was a design fanatic, he also like making money, especially on his second go-round with the company.

Agree, and he also absolutely loved trying to throw people off by saying one opinion while planning the exact opposite within Apple.
In 2008 he basically trashed the Kindle, saying that people weren’t reading enough anymore and he really didn’t see a place for e-readers.

Steve Jobs: "People Don't Read Anymore."

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader will fail, Steve Jobs says, because Americans simply don’t read. From The New York Times: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last...

www.wired.com

Meanwhile, even at the time, behind the scenes he was making deals with book publishers for the upcoming iBooks Store for the then unannounced iPad.
People take one off comments he made decades ago way too seriously, just so they can make a stupid and easy “Steve would never” comment.
Also, despite him saying the product would fail, it has been almost 20 years since he made that comment and the Kindle is still around.

 

[Digitalguy]

As long as this remains an option, just like nano texture, everyone will be happy.

 

[warriors2017]

With storage being so cheap these days, why not make a duo boot laptop with iPadOS or MacOS boot options.

 

[MichaelAdam]

Wonderful ! Here comes the macpad!!!
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