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I'm a surface pro user. Why does Apple not just put macos on the iPad and then it can go head to head for my business? The comment above said it's not as easy a
by binbag 5y ago
I'm a surface pro user. Why does Apple not just put macos on the iPad and then it can go head to head for my business? The comment above said it's not as easy as just sticking macos on them. Why? (Obviously the answer could be they simply don't want to take on that market, but technically I don't see the barrier.)
- Spartan-S63 5y agoBiggest reason is that macOS is designed as a pointer interface and iPadOS/iOS is designed as a touch interface. You could argue that with the Magic Keyboard and Trackpad, the iPad is well suited for pointer input and I wouldn't disagree. However, macOS with touch as an input option would be atrocious, in my view. Rather than opening the door for touch input on macOS, they should bring iPadOS closer to a desktop-class, touch-first experience.
- tluyben2 5y agoIt could switch maybe? If you use the magic keyboard it switches to Mac OS and otherwise ipados? But yes, iPados with proper multitasking and allowing development apps locally would be a step in the right direction IMHO.
- indymike 5y agoI have a Dell XPS-15 laptop. 15" 4K touchscreen/tablet. It is fantastic. Gnome, KDE, Windows all work fine with the touch screen and even active stylus. Come to think of it, MacOS has fantastic support for Wacom tablets, so I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a terrible experience with the same kind of display that my Dell has.