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MacBooks will eventually ship with iPadOS as their main OS and MacOS as a legacy option Absolutely not. Just from a business point of view, in the 37 year his
by alwillis 4y ago
MacBooks will eventually ship with iPadOS as their main OS and MacOS as a legacy option
Absolutely not.
Just from a business point of view, in the 37 year history of the Mac, it’s never sold better. Ever since Apple Silicon Macs were available for sale the end of 2019, it’s been record quarter after record quarter.
The Mac is a $10 billion—and growing—business. It’s not going anywhere [1].
[1]: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/FY22_Q2_Consolidated_Financial_Statements.pdf https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/FY22_Q2_Consolidated_Fin...
- whywhywhywhy 4y agoHere's the thing, you being a presumably (seen as we're on HN) techie and interested in the concept of computing are thinking "No one would ever want a MacBook running iPad OS" Executives at Apple will be thinking "People love MacBooks form factor, people love iPadOS and if we ship them together we capture all the value of the Mac software market too" Now, my personal beliefs are much closer to yours, but my belief of what will play out is what Apple execs believe is best.
- alwillis 4y agoExecutives at Apple will be thinking "People love MacBooks form factor, people love iPadOS and if we ship them together we capture all the value of the Mac software market too" If you listen to Apple execs when they speak to these issues, there’s nothing to indicate they feel this way. You didn’t respond to the fact that Mac sales have never been better, with several record quarters in a row. Why would Apple mess around with that? Many Mac owners also own iPads; there’s no reason to put iPadOS on MacBooks when they’ll buy an iPad anyway.