While we're all making predictions with no basis in fact: If in fact Gruber is right and the MacLet will not be a giant-screen iPhone, but rather an entirely ne

While we're all making predictions with no basis in fact: If in fact Gruber is right and the MacLet will not be a giant-screen iPhone, but rather an entirely new thing intended as the future of personal computing, I predict that every app available for the MacLet will be officially available for the MacBook. The most straightforward would be an officially-supported MacLet emulation mode for MacBooks. If Apple really is going to position the MacLet OS as the next step in MacBook evolution, they're going to want to gradually transition MacBooks, and the bulk of their owners, toward the MacLet way of doing things. And the way to do that is the same way that Apple has pulled off every other major architectural transition in Mac history: Emulation. Actually, let's have even more fun by noting that the Mac tradition has always been the other way around: Introduce the shiny new thing, but provide consolation by having it seamlessly [1] emulate the tired old thing. That implies that the MacLet might have a Mac OS X Desktop emulation mode, not the other way around. Now that would be interesting. --- [1] Well, seamlessly enough to make it usable, but not so seamlessly that it doesn't still feel tired and old. The freight train of Progress must not be derailed!