There are some great points in the comments here. Regardless of where mac and iPad end up, one thing is clear to me: Apple needs to add touchscreens to the macb

There are some great points in the comments here. Regardless of where mac and iPad end up, one thing is clear to me: Apple needs to add touchscreens to the macbook line if they want that line to live on with the next generation. I didn't always think this way, so hear me out. One of my kids has an expensive macbook. They don't use it because they have a cheap chromebook provided by their school that is underpowered and has poor battery life -- but it has a touchscreen! That seems like a terrible trade off to me, but kids these days expect every screen to be a touchscreen and when it comes time for them to buy their own laptop, they will buy the one that has a touchscreen.