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The problem with a convertible MacBook is that you'd have to move the battery to behind the display, at which point you're really just making an iPad that can b
by TillE 3y ago
The problem with a convertible MacBook is that you'd have to move the battery to behind the display, at which point you're really just making an iPad that can be attached to a keyboard dock and run macOS.
I think the latter is a plausible evolution of the iPad Pro.
- novok 3y agoOr they can leave it in the body and give it a 360 hinge
- oflannabhra 3y agoApple’s big philosophy is that the interaction paradigm should be distinct, from the hardware to the software, and that mixing the two is confusing and a bad experience. I happen to agree with them, but I would love to be able to switch between the two. macOS is powerful, but adding touch to it would actually be terrible. Switching between those modes and input paradigms, while maintaining some level of context would be a really great experience.
- makeitdouble 3y ago> Apple’s big philosophy is that the interaction paradigm should be distinct They're allowing iPad and iOS apps on the macs, so it doesn't seem so clear cut. Feels more like they don't have a clear incentive to push further when people keep buying both products.
- oflannabhra 3y agoYes, but not touch.
- isametry 3y agoThat might have been their philosophy once, but important people who believed that seem to be gone now, because basically every piece of software that gets touched on the Mac now resembles an unloved offspring of their touch platforms. See examples: Control Center, Share Sheet, Notifications, the entirety of the new System Settings app…