crowley

AppleZulu said:

elijahg said:

dewme said:
This sounds like something Microsoft would do. Or to be more precise, something Microsoft has already done at least 4 times with varying degrees of failure. 

But then Apple came along and took the touch screen phone concept and made it good. Then they did the same with iPadOS. So who’s to say Apple couldn’t do the same with a touch desktop?

Apple killed the Blackberry and the Palm Pilot by making a simpler device that was functionally better than either of the other things. People put down those other devices and never looked back because they didn’t give up anything to use the new iPhone. All of the descriptions of a 2-in-1 iPad/Mac in this thread above describe devices that would be less capable than a MacBook Pro and more clunky than an iPad. Apple isn’t going to do that. There’s nothing in their history or ethos that should lead anyone to believe that they’re interested in creating a device that strives to be all things to everyone by compromising what they do well. There will be no Apple El Camino. 

netrox said:

crowley said:

netrox said:

I can see it easily ported to M2 iPad Pro with today's MacOS - they have the same codebase. 

But here's the problem - Touch UI. 

+ keyboard
+ mouse
= no problem

I've seen plenty of users touch their screens thinking it works like iPads wondering why they don't work for a second, even though they use them a lot. They all own iPads so it's natural for them to still expect MacBook to function the same. 

That's why the MacOS needs to be updated for touch UI. 

netrox said:

I can see it easily ported to M2 iPad Pro with today's MacOS - they have the same codebase. 

But here's the problem - Touch UI.