Shewsical t1_j43l2bi wrote on January 12, 2023 at 10:49 PM

Reply to comment by dirtyshits in Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac by No-Drawing-6975

What's the use case here? I either want the convenience of a touchscreen (so the iPad will work fine), or I need the power the MacBook Pro provides (and if I need that computing power, the touchscreen is an annoyance, not an asset).

Really, it just feels like people want to be able to run OSX on their iPad?

dirtyshits t1_j43m4fp wrote on January 12, 2023 at 10:56 PM

I like the laptop form factor for when I’m actually working working but in travel mode or for entertainment stuff the touch screen would be nice.

Harder to use a laptop on flights than a tablet for me and I fly fairly often. There’s a ton of great games made for iPads as well.

Would also be nice to use a pen on the touch screen for graphic design and other random stuff I work on.

Essentially reducing the amount of stuff I need by combining them.

I think the downside is that it could hurt iPad sales. They might actually want people to buy both even if they lose some customers because of it. Business wise I’m guessing that’s one of the reasons they haven’t done it.

ThePhantomTrollbooth t1_j4544ed wrote on January 13, 2023 at 5:42 AM

I think running full Photoshop (and other media editing) on an accurate, pressure sensing display will appeal to a lot of creative pros (many already love the pencil for the iPad). We’re also seeing the first generation of kids raised on tablets start to hit adulthood. Old people and others will have their own interest in it. I think it’s something that has been long-awaited.

natethomas t1_j472xg9 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM

A lot of people use MacOS on MacBook Airs that have literally the same compute power as iPad pros: The M1 chip. These days you can ALMOST accomplish everything such a person might want on an IPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard, but not all. I personally need terminal and non-mobile web browsers for my work. But I don’t need a ton of compute power, and when I do, I normally remote into a desktop PC that has a beefy chip you won’t find in most laptops.

Shewsical t1_j47od9d wrote on January 13, 2023 at 7:05 PM

I think this was more or less my point. Functionally, a touchscreen Macbook already exists in the iPad pros. So, it doesn't make sense to me to make the Macbook a touchscreen, when that essentially already exists.

Do people just want to be able to run MacOS on their iPads?

natethomas t1_j47prz0 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Personally? Yes. If my iPad Pro could plug into a thunderbolt port at my desk and become a desktop running MacOS, unplug and turn into an iPadOS device, and then turn back to macOS when attached to the keyboard, it’d be amazing for me