iPad on the horizon for macOS?
Oct 10, 2022| iPad on the horizon for macOS?
Patently Apple has found that Apple is quietly developing and patenting the macOS iPad, even though it says it won't build it.
The subject of the patent is an ipad-like tablet computer that can be transformed into a MacBook with a keyboard dock, and can also be transformed into a tent mode or a laptop mode, in a nod to Microsoft's Surface Book.
The shape change alone may seem mundane, but the essence of this iPad is that it runs macOS, not iPadOS. Out of the system ecosystem slot point, the iPad's powerful hardware performance, finally have a place to use?
In addition, Apple also equipped it with a magnetic keyboard hinge to adsorb the Apple Pencil, as well as a series of accessories such as camera, projector and microphone, which can meet various professional needs.
Apple also filed an earlier patent for a "highly modular Computing and Input device," which showed a full-touch Mac, a variety of dual-screen MacBooks, and the ability to plug in a record player -- MacBook and vinyl on a rainy day?
With a number of patents, the iPad Pro with macOS is ready to go. When it will come, will it come, I'm afraid only time can tell us. But before we do that, let's take a look at the story of the iPad for macOS.
