My answer is: quite easily. The 11” MacBook Air was my primary computer for a number of years. I got a ton done on that little machine traveling all over Tokyo and Kanagawa every workday. That 11” MacBook Air was criminally-underrated. Legitimately one of the best devices Apple every made (in terms of a combination of functionality, portability, and affordability).
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iPad Would you buy a non touch iPad?
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ChrisChaval
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I know you were joking, of course, but THAT would be a product that certain people definitely would buy (for a decent amount of money). A (no screen) ‘Apple Drawing Tablet‘.
HawkTheHusky1902
macrumors 6502a
You know that you can just buy a 4g usb stick from Amazon and plug it into any computer and you get cellular, right?
I used to do that 15 years ago, and it is much less convenient than built-in cellular. Having a dongle always sticking from your laptop, having to start a third party app to use it etc. Also I don't even know if they make USB C cellular dongles...
Arctic Moose
macrumors 68000
Absolutely. I have an M2 MBA, and it is far from as portable as it could be.
My favorite laptop to date is the 11" MBA. (Just after the 12" PowerBook G4, which was amazing for its time.)
If Apple could do that with Intel processors 13 years ago, just think what they could do with Apple Silicon now.
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curnalpanic
macrumors 6502a
What's even the point of such a device? Would you rather not just have the touchscreen?
I know you're kidding, but I think Apple is courageous to release an iPad with no buttons and no touch screen. The press release would be similar to AM Voice. 😀
iPad Voice
iPad and Siri are natural partners and already work seamlessly together...With Siri actively used on hundreds of millions of devices worldwide, we are thrilled to release this new device that delivers an effortless iPad experience just by using your voice and makes iPad accessible to even more people around the world.
canuckRus
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goku_vegeta
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I mean… an Apple device with no touch screen and no buttons (though I think it technically has at least one) that uses Siri for voice input would be Apple Vision Pro.
All the joke replies in this thread are (somewhat) describing real Apple products. Lol
sracer
macrumors G4
I just received the Logitech Combo Touch case for my 9th gen iPad. I'm a huge fan of the Apple Smart Keyboard cover, but this thing is extremely nice. The trackpad (with a few tweaks in settings) makes this combo feel like the makings of that hypothetical Apple device to compete with chromebooks.
So yes, if Apple were to produce essentially an iPad in a netbook clamshell case (something along the lines of the old 11" MBA) with or without touch, I think I might buy one if the price were right.
(Note: my comment about competing with chromebooks is in the general sense... obviously there would need to be a few tweaks to iPad OS to better position this mythical device to compete)
So yes, if Apple were to produce essentially an iPad in a netbook clamshell case (something along the lines of the old 11" MBA) with or without touch, I think I might buy one if the price were right.
(Note: my comment about competing with chromebooks is in the general sense... obviously there would need to be a few tweaks to iPad OS to better position this mythical device to compete)
AppleFanatic10
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Mark Stone
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floral
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It feels very weird that the vast majority of people who use iPad as a professional device exclusively use a keyboard and mouse, ignoring the touch aspect... and yet an iPad that removes that not-used functionality for that wide demographic is apparently unthinkable?
I personally use touch for my iPad, but I can see a lot of people willing to part with the "touch" part of the iPad for a significant discount (e.g. 100-200$ less for non-touch variant). It would of course still have a visible screen, just no touch.
I personally use touch for my iPad, but I can see a lot of people willing to part with the "touch" part of the iPad for a significant discount (e.g. 100-200$ less for non-touch variant). It would of course still have a visible screen, just no touch.
So what buttons and functionality are you envisioning? Would it have a keyboard at all, and if so where would it be such that it would be differentiated from a laptop?
A "non-touch" iPad already exists and is a key product in the Apple lineup. That product is called a Macintosh.
for me, the question isn't if i want a non-touch interface iPad.
what i want is an iOS device that has a much better non-touch interface then it has now.
apple has improved its iOS keyboards immensely to be sure.
but none of the iPad keyboards give the same general purpose positioning range as a clamshell macbook has.
apple has always had excellent hinges on its laptops.
work that requires a lot of keyboard character input needs a physical keyboard.
i would imagine that the next keyboard improvement iteration for iPads has a detachable keyboard that can duplicate the viewing angles and user sitting preferences for users. desk. chair. bed.
then i can stop using a mac laptop and have one consistent OS across all devices.
although apple has made macOS more like iOS, its largely cosmetic.
iOS has become apple's best operating system.
its time to maximise its effectiveness across all working environments.
what i want is an iOS device that has a much better non-touch interface then it has now.
apple has improved its iOS keyboards immensely to be sure.
but none of the iPad keyboards give the same general purpose positioning range as a clamshell macbook has.
apple has always had excellent hinges on its laptops.
work that requires a lot of keyboard character input needs a physical keyboard.
i would imagine that the next keyboard improvement iteration for iPads has a detachable keyboard that can duplicate the viewing angles and user sitting preferences for users. desk. chair. bed.
then i can stop using a mac laptop and have one consistent OS across all devices.
although apple has made macOS more like iOS, its largely cosmetic.
iOS has become apple's best operating system.
its time to maximise its effectiveness across all working environments.
Was talking to a friend about this same thing and he said his entire family would immediately throw out their current iPads (or run them over with his truck) for non touch ones when Apple does come out with a non touch iPad line. He believes non touch iPads would sell like hotcakes.
