Not sure why Apple even bothers. No need for touchscreen Macs. Let iPads dual-boot macOS.
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What's Happening With Apple's Even Larger iPad Models?
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I use my M1 12” iPad Pro for light web surfing and looking at photos. So I need the most badass, kick-butt processor available. /sarcasm
I think I could go a little bigger. I do love a large display!
I think I could go a little bigger. I do love a large display!
If iPad supports external monitors, why can’t it support external touchscreen monitors? Do people honestly expect Apple to make a 40 inch iPad?
Haha, yeah, I don't even enable text messages on the tablet, I have my iPhone, Macbook Pro and iPad mini and Pro already screaming at me for that
Hopefully it is DOA. Even the current large iPad seems large to me. I've had an iPad of one type or another since gen 1. Currently there are three iPads in my house. I've had a mini iPad (left it in a bar, never got it back though I did see where it went home to, just wasn't going to knock on doors in an apartment building until I found it). Since I regularly use my current iPad with a Magic Keyboard, maybe, someday, I will get the larger version. But a 14" or bigger? No way. I just don't need that amount of screen real estate in a portable device. And if it is at home, the current iPads can output to a monitor (though this is another thing I've never bothered to do).
Why is it always a zero sum game for iPadOS advocates? Fear of spoiling the "pure" iPad experience? Apple could easily dual boot, or even better, only allow you to switch to MacOS when you have a keyboard and trackpad/mouse attached, so you don't have to fear accidently invoking MacOS...
I'm thinking this is a pipe dream. You can already run iOS within macOS in a simulator with Xcode, so not sure why Apple would bother implementing Dual Boot. Additionally, who wants to buy a device that gets dumbed down to iOS when you unhook it from a "dock"? You buy a Mac primarily for the capabilities it provides, particularly macOS. I don't even understand the benefit - you unhook the Mac from the dock, so what - you have to reboot into iOS or quit the Mac apps you have running to flip over to iOS in the case they figure out a way to make it "seamless" without rebooting, since your apps may to run under iOS? Seems like an annoyance which doesn't jive with Apple's MO is ease of use. If Apple ever goes to a touchscreen Mac, which they have said on record is not something they are not interested in doing - literally said by Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller, etc., I will be very surprised.
You got this a little bit wrong. iOS and macOS are the same OS. They just name them to assign teams for specific devices, even Steve Jobs said it on stage, he was amazed that the iPhone was running Mac OS X! You can run iOS apps inside macOS today without booting. I literally use LumaFusion (iPad app) on Mac. The only thing they need to do is adding a multitouch screen. That’s it.
Here are a couple articles for your reference as to why this idea is simply ether:
2022 Tim Cook Interview
2018 Craig Federighi Interview
I'm happy to provide more if desired. While it may be possible, Apple will likely never do it.
2022 Tim Cook Interview
2018 Craig Federighi Interview
I'm happy to provide more if desired. While it may be possible, Apple will likely never do it.
You need to see everything as a business. The iPad wasn't designed to be used with a Stylus. I can provide you with that fact too. Then again, the Apple Pencil has been a success. The list of stuff Apple would never do is long, including developing games and competing with Netflix. As a business you will be moved to do what the market demand so, if Mac users don't even care it is probably that never happens, you can be pretty sure that they already have the machine in their labs. You like it or not.
Don’t give me a larger screen. Please have the iPad software catch up so I can truly get rid of my laptop. I can do 90% of what I need to on my iPhone and iPad Pro. However, I just made a budget spreadsheet for a friend. I told him I’d bring my iPad and we could tweak line items when we met for lunch. Wrong! The Excel 365 doesn’t allow to remove or put back on protection for the spreadsheet. Grrrr.