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This, especially nowadays that Mac OS has an ARM target, and there’s essentially (literally?) no difference between an iPad and MacBook hardware

• addaon 1y ago
  > there’s essentially (literally?) no difference between an iPad and MacBook hardware Form factor. Touch screen. GPS. Cellular. Circular polarization. These are all literal hardware differences between the iPad and MacBook, and every single one of them makes the iPad suitable for my use case (ForeFlight running on an iPad mounted to the yoke) where a MacBook would not be.
  • bigyabai 1y ago
    You can get a laptop with all those built-in, though. The only reason the Mac lacks those things is artificial market segmentation.
    • addaon 1y ago
      Sure, but none of them run ForeFlight, so…
    • addaon 1y ago
      Also, can you give an example of a laptop (or non-Apple tablet) with a circularly polarized LCD? I've never been able to find one, but it's not a spec that's often published…