StrangeDays

9secondkox2 said:

Business-wise, makes sense for the family organization to do this. Capitalize on popularity and make some money. 

No, it doesn’t make sense, because that’s unethical and wrong. It’s why we ask presidents to divest prior to coming into office. It only makes sense if one is void of ethics and doesn’t mind doing wrong. 

jeffd said:

kiltedgreen said:

Please, just buy a MacBook if you want a “damn fine portable Mac”, it’s already here. I for one do not want my iPad running macOS - I’ll leave that to my Mac thanks.

I suppose you have two separate sets of airpods for listening to your podcasts versus your music. You probably also have two cars, one to go to work and another to get groceries. Naturally you must own two houses, one for summer and one for winter. And I applaud your efforts to force everybody out there to do exactly the same. 

Of course people have separate sets of tools, exactly like that! You’ve never known someone with both a pickup and a sedan!? Cordless drill and an impact driver? An electric razor and a beard trimmer? Multiple sets of speciality scissors? Different types of pots? Etc, etc. Of course we have multiple similar tools! (I also have a house for summer and one for winter…sorry)

avon b7 said:

Those are extremely poor arguments IMO.

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Apple is already inching (but agonisingly slowly) towards convergence in certain areas and my guess is that that is the real goal at some point (including touchscreen Macs of course). 

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IMO, that is probably the real reason Apple wants to temper the desire for 'macOS tablet' at the moment. They don't have the foundations ready. 

It’s not their goal, or secret plan. You’re just not listening to what they clearly explain as their position, because you don’t want it to be. You’re using magical thinking. The notion that they don’t have the “foundations” ready despite years of answering this question over and over is simply absurd. 

Reality: touch-enable laptops exist today and nobody cares because it sucks. EOS. It’s out there. I had one 10 years ago, it sucked, never used it, don’t miss it. 

Giving a touch device optional shortcuts for mouse & pointer use is inherently different (and better for it) than giving a pointer device optional touch. 

That you keep insisting its their secret plan just reaffirms that you still don’t understand Apple and its product lines very well. Sounds like you’re more happy with the chinese knockoffs and that’s fine. 

Anyway. Once more, years later:

mikethemartian said:

mfryd said:

However, this is not a reason to prohibit running Mac OSX on an iPad.   Users should have a choice as to which OS they run.

I have nothing against the iPad OS.   It's a great solution for many (but not all) users.   Why not allow users to choose which OS they are running?    

The iPad OS can be the default, but please allow power users to install OSX.  iPad apps already work inside of Mac OSX, so no functionality is lost.  

An iPad with an M4 processor, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Thunderbolt 3, and a Magic Keyboard Folio (Keyboard and trackpad) would make a damn fine portable Mac.

They want you to buy both devices.

I want to buy both devices, because they’re totally different use cases. 

Call me crazy but I’m not judging the value of my OSes by their ability to generate cartoons.