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Cool, I guess? My gut reaction though is that this would be one step closer to a world where we're running iOS instead of macOS and we don't really have comput

Cool, I guess? My gut reaction though is that this would be one step closer to a world where we're running iOS instead of macOS and we don't really have computers anymore. No more terminal (unless you pay $4/month for the terminal app! that's a pro feature), no more editors (but you can use this great cloud-based editor for the price of your personal data), no more running your own apps on your own device without paying the Apple Developer fee every year. I don't know. Maybe that's far-fetched. But it seems increasingly possible, and it'd be a sad day if it ever happens.

tw04 6y ago
Why wouldn't it run in the appropriate mode based on usage? Full OSX when docked, iOS when undocked? MS demo'd something back in the day with Windows Phone which I thought would be awesome. I thought one laptop MFG had actually productized it but I can't find it.
nicoburns 6y ago
> My gut reaction though is that this would be one step closer to a world where we're running iOS instead of macOS and we don't really have computers anymore. Sadly you're probably right. On the other hand a modern iPhone is more than fast enough to run macOs, so you never know. An Apple version of the Samsung Dex would be pretty sweet https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/ https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/
smcl 6y ago
I think it's more likely they'd gut the ability to run access the local device via terminal altogether. You'd have the usual array of third-party apps which you can access remote machines via SSH, but not your iPhone/MacBook hybrid.