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It's not just Apple, tablets and laptops have been on a collision course for years. The use cases have started to blur for all manufacturers and software remains the dividing wall. For the iPad to contend with a laptop it has to run macOS and have it's software available. For the macbook to replace a tablet it should have a touch friendly interface and run all apps from the app store.
The truth is that this is the big headscratcher for all product managers at all big tech manufacturers. It is also the factor that keeps all existing ecosystems fractured. Including Apple's, though it is perhaps the most well integrated one. The second dividing wall to tore is screen size and input periferals, of course. None of these are easy or trivial problems to solve.
What I’d love is a MacBook Pro with a detachable screen that becomes an iPad. There’s no reason they couldn’t do it with the Airs as well.
But I feel like it’s a ridiculously obvious solution that Apple have tried out in testing and decided against for whatever reason.
@DJDarren @dustyData this?
@DJDarren @dustyData I used two generations of this thing and it was...bad