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Imagine if iPadOS turned into macOS when you plugged in a keyboard and mouse, then back into iPadOS when unplugged. That would be awesome! To the naysayers: Is

Imagine if iPadOS turned into macOS when you plugged in a keyboard and mouse, then back into iPadOS when unplugged. That would be awesome! To the naysayers: Is the intent of a display different than that of another display? What could possibly be wrong with treating an iPad as just a display?? Isn't that the holy grail? A mobile device that becomes a full PC when you sit at a desk.

tinus_hn 5y ago
The iPad is a media consumption device, with tight controls so you don’t have to spend your time managing a million settings and updates, worrying about security. You can’t flip from that to an open OS back and forth. If Apple ever went this way it would be by locking down MacOS, instead of opening up iPadOS.
- EricE 5y ago
  The iPad has been far more than a media consumption device for a long time now. Two examples - the first is a whole community of people for whom the iPad is their primary or sole device: https://www.macstories.net/ipad/ https://www.macstories.net/ipad/ Second is Jason Snell, a LONG time Mac user, who prefers the iPad for editing audio for the many podcasts he is involved in: https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-with-ferrite/ https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-w... Noticed this isn't a recent phenomenon for either of those examples. Jason in particular still has Mac's in his overall production chain ( https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/11/why-my-ipad-podcast-workflow-still-includes-the-mac/ https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/11/why-my-ipad-podcast-workf... )since there are still many significant shortcomings in iPad OS - so being able to run macOS on iPad Pro hardware would absolutely have value to what I would would wager is a significant user community. Or Apple could just plug the many identified gaps in iPad OS. I won't be holding my breath for either to happen any time soon but I will welcome either if the day ever materializes.

tinus_hn 5y ago

The iPad is a media consumption device, with tight controls so you don’t have to spend your time managing a million settings and updates, worrying about security. You can’t flip from that to an open OS back and forth. If Apple ever went this way it would be by locking down MacOS, instead of opening up iPadOS.

EricE 5y ago
The iPad has been far more than a media consumption device for a long time now. Two examples - the first is a whole community of people for whom the iPad is their primary or sole device: https://www.macstories.net/ipad/ https://www.macstories.net/ipad/ Second is Jason Snell, a LONG time Mac user, who prefers the iPad for editing audio for the many podcasts he is involved in: https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-with-ferrite/ https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-w... Noticed this isn't a recent phenomenon for either of those examples. Jason in particular still has Mac's in his overall production chain ( https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/11/why-my-ipad-podcast-workflow-still-includes-the-mac/ https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/11/why-my-ipad-podcast-workf... )since there are still many significant shortcomings in iPad OS - so being able to run macOS on iPad Pro hardware would absolutely have value to what I would would wager is a significant user community. Or Apple could just plug the many identified gaps in iPad OS. I won't be holding my breath for either to happen any time soon but I will welcome either if the day ever materializes.