> this is about making Macs that support development of the next generation of software for iPhones. This doesn't sound right to me. You seem to be looking for

> this is about making Macs that support development of the next generation of software for iPhones. This doesn't sound right to me. You seem to be looking for ulterior motives where none need exist. Isn't it a sufficient explanation that Apple believes they can build a superior product at a lower cost? Why does it need to be some conspiracy about re-framing the Mac as an iOS devkit? For this conspiracy to hold, you'd first have to believe that Apple builds Macs with developers in mind. Nobody with a passing familiarity with recent Mac history could believe that. It's been a long time since Apple has focused any Mac product on the needs of developers. Why would they start now? Besides, so what if future Macs are more like the iPhone? While it might be of occasional benefit to iOS developers by increasing feature parity of their iPhone Simulator, that's an extraordinarily marginal reason to overhaul a critical nexus of Apple's product stack.