Tim Cook Insists Merging Mac and iPad Would Result in Compromises

[Cesar Battistini]

They should make a good laptop first.

The 2017 Macbook pro is a great laptop! You should buy one actually use it.

 

[TMRJIJ]

You make a good point here. But do you think Steve would approve of the Apple Pencil today?

Considering its precision and low latency,... probably so but he might’ve want it to be bundled with the iPPs

 

[kafka27]

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[Cesar Battistini]

Windows 10 isn’t watered down.

It's not! Its Pure Crap.

 

[iosuser]

May or may not be true that a "MacPad" will be full of compromises. What is true is Apple would much prefer everyone buys a Mac and an iPad.

I have a Lenovo Yoga 13 720 as an "extra" that I let my kids use. It is a convertible with digital pen which my daughter loves, more than her borrowing my iPad Pro and Apple pencil. I do know that I much prefer to have that single device than a separate laptop and tablet. Plus I can plug in my eGPU in and have great graphics performance too.

It's all about what Apple wants.

 

[citysnaps]

Yup. Different devices, different uses. I'm super pleased with my MBP and iPad - would not want them merged.

 

[Cesar Battistini]

Well then Tim you need to start cracking the whip to get these platforms back where they should be. OS X and iOS has been buggy lately if you haven’t noticed.

I haven't noticed, I use both everyday and I get like 1 app crash a month

 

[mingravity]

Well, they were originally against the stylus too, so... it's still possible.

not true, categorically, for a phone stylus is pointless and they are right but for an iPad it makes sense depending on use case. so right again

 

[cmaier]

Windows 10 isn’t watered down.

It has crappy software support. How many apps are actually optimized for it?

 

[neoelectronaut]

The thought of poking at my Macbook Pro screen makes me uncomfortable.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

It's already watered down, the Ipad isn't a computer.

Of course it's a computer. It's not a laptop, sure. A butter knife isn't going to slice a turkey, but it's still a knife.

 

[cmaier]

The thought of poking at my Macbook Pro screen makes me uncomfortable.

So does the thought of my macbook pro poking me back.

 

[budafied]

I would love a MacBook Surface that runs macOS and then switched to iOS in tablet mode. Unified file system and apps. The design paper writes itself.

Too bad because I feel like the iPad is a big compromise right now, and the new MacBooks suck.

 

[TMRJIJ]

So does the thought of my macbook pro poking me back.

Your MBP pokes you back? You need to get that checked out...

 

[NachoGrande]

It's not! Its Pure Crap.

Yeah that argument is about two versions outdated. Windows 10 is and has been rock solid. Which is more than I can say for the latest offerings from Apple.

 

[icymountain]

If iOS had Finder and a more robust app launcher I don't think I would need a MacBook.

I hear the Apple strategy department taking note that they should never let this happen then...

 

[fuchsdh]

The thought of poking at my Macbook Pro screen makes me uncomfortable.

People look over my shoulder and stick their fingers all over my screen enough already

 

[CaTOAGU]

Well, they were originally against the stylus too, so... it's still possible.

They were against a stylus for general purpose UI and the iPad is very usable with just your fingers. Even then, the Apple Pencil isn't just a sytlus. It's a specific tool for when more precision is required and is both pressure and angle sensitive, both in ways a, "dumb" stylus is not.

 

[adam9c1]

Make the screen detachable like an iPad. When you detach it, it runs iOS. When you have it attached, it runs OSX. It would be the perfect computer.

Then you would not buy an iPad Pro 12.9

 

[satchmo]

"So maybe the company would be more efficient at the end of the day, but that's not what it's about," he added. "It's about giving people things that they can then use to help them change the world or express their passion or express their creativity. So this merger thing that some folks are fixated on, I don't think that's what users want."

Well yes, it's not about you. It should be about your customers and helping them be more efficient.

 

[kafka27]

It's already watered down, the Ipad isn't a computer.

Ohh.. yes IT IS.....Even your cellular phone it's a COMPUTER.
"A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically. Modern computers have the ability to follow generalized sets of operations, called programs "

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Well, they were originally against the stylus too, so...

That was regarding phones.

 

[Breaking Good]

I use my iPad pro on the go and it has it's limitations that I wouldn't get on my MacBook, although, I love the versatility of my iPad Pro so it has its own benefits as well.

I think this is what Tim was trying to say. You just said it better and more succinctly.

 

[tkukoc]

Thing is Tim, not everyone can afford everything... even though they love everything. I buy tons of Apple products but that is part of my job. Otherwise I wouldn't buy most of what I have currently. And I personally love Apple products for the most part but I'm also probably one their harshest critics.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Steve was against a stylus, they added the Apple Pencil after Tim took over the company. So if something happens to Tim whoever the next CEO is might make this a reality.

But the type of stylus Jobs was referring to was required to use the device. Also styluses in Jobs era were by-in-large "dumb." The Pencil is an optional bluetooth accessory that accomplishes tasks the finger can't do well. Now I agree Jobs would detest that the Pencil isn't easily storable or has an awkward interface, but the idea of the Pencil itself I don't think Jobs would be against. It's worlds apart from the Palm stylus he mocked.