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The case for a Multi-Touch Mac

“Last weekend, I spent some time with a couple of friends who both have Windows laptops and I found myself experiencing a hitherto unfamiliar feeling while watching them use their computers: envy,” Dan Moren writes for Macworld.

“Look, I know. I know that touchscreen notebooks are supposed to be toaster-fridges, hybrids that aren’t as good as either a full-blown touch-based device like…

According to Mark Gurman in Bloomberg, Apple’s forthcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro will demonstrate that the company remains nowhere near merging the Mac and iPad lines. While a hybrid device—such as an iPad capable of running full Mac software or a MacBook with a more tablet-like interface—has clear appeal, that convergence isn’t on the horizon anytime soon, if ever. Apple’s leadership…

In 2018, the U.S. patent and trademark office granted Apple a patent for a dual display MacBook or future-gen iPad Pro Apple is working on a revolutionary device for launch sometime around 2028: a foldable tablet that expands into a larger, dual-screen workspace, according to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman. Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: ‎ The Cupertino, California-based company has been honing…

All eyes on Apple’s software strategy at WWDC next week

Apple’s software strategy matters more than ever as the world’s most valuable company has broad reach – over 1.8 billion Apple devices are in use – that can affect virtually everyone, directly or indirectly (App Tracking Transparency for one example). Apple Park in Cupertino, California Lauren Goode and Brenda Stolyar for Wired: It’s what keeps customers “locked in” to Apple hardware. It…

Apple reportedly plans hybrid ‘MacPad’ with 20-inch folding display

Apple is reportedly working a new hybrid “MacPad” device that will combine the features of an iPad with a MacBook while making use of a 20-inch folding display. Ariel Zilber for The New York Post: The Cupertino, California-based company is reportedly considering two options for its new “iPad-MacBook hybrid”. One possibility is that it could feature a single foldable screen that is attached to a…

No, the Mac and iPad will not merge, nor will there be touchscreen Macs

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is the world’s best pro notebook.

Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller spoke with CNET about the concepts of a merged Mac and iPad and touchscreen Macs:

iPad was created, as you may remember when Steve [Jobs] announced it just about a decade ago now, to be a new-category product between your iPhone and your Mac, and something that had to create its own reason to exist…