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by bigyabai 86 days ago
> why would I ever choose to put fingers on that beautful screen ... I don't get it!

I'm not sure, but bare in mind that the iPad is almost as large of a market as the Mac at this point, and the iPhone has long surpassed Mac revenue. Touching your computer is a very popular sentiment among the grimy-handed public.
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platevoltage 86 days ago
There is a reason why the MacBook hasn't been replaced by an iPad with a keyboard and trackpad attached to it. Very different use case.
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hoherd 86 days ago
You're right. Those are completely separate millions of dollars to be made. Best not let them overlap at all, even if some of us intuitively touch our laptop screens to scroll a window now and then, especially when carrying it around.
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platevoltage 85 days ago
They overlap plenty where it makes sense. There was a time where Mac users were worried that Apple was going to merge MacOS and IpadOS. Nobody wants that.
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bigyabai 86 days ago
What is that reason? Clearly Apple can put desktop chips in the iPad, their desktop apps already support ARM, and the iPad hardware can absolutely run macOS. What is the advantage of iPadOS, instantially?
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platevoltage 85 days ago
The advantage of iPadOS is that Mimi and Papa have a harder time breaking it.
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