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Tag: MacPad

Apple’s upcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro won’t be a ‘MacPad’

Monday, March 2, 2026 2:45 pmMonday, March 2, 20263 Comments

Apple’s forthcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro will demonstrate that the company remains nowhere near merging the Mac and iPad lines…

Apple plans to meld Mac and iPad into a 19-inch foldable device

Monday, June 16, 2025 6:21 pm3 Comments

Apple plans to merge the Mac and iPad into a revolutionary 19-inch foldable device, slated for release in 2028. This device aims to combine…

Apple said to prep giant, foldable ‘MacPad’

Monday, December 16, 2024 10:14 am3 Comments

Apple is working on a revolutionary device for launch sometime around 2028: a foldable tablet that expands into a larger, dual-screen…

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

Friday, June 3, 2022 2:46 pm7 Comments

Apple’s software strategy matters more than ever as the world’s most valuable company has broad reach – over 1.8 billion Apple devices…

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

Monday, February 28, 2022 1:05 pmMonday, February 28, 20222 Comments

Apple is reportedly working a new hybrid “MacPad” device that will combine the features of an iPad with a MacBook while making…

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

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:27 amWednesday, November 13, 20197 Comments

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…

Apple patent application describes linking two iPads together, binding them like a book

Thursday, June 13, 2019 10:02 amThursday, June 13, 20195 Comments

Apple has filed for a patent for a “system with multiple display” that would allow two iPads to be linked together.

Has the time come for a Mac with a touch interface?

Friday, April 26, 2019 5:35 pmFriday, April 26, 201924 Comments

A house divided against itself cannot stand…

Would Apple ever make a convertible MacBook?

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:28 amWednesday, June 13, 201816 Comments

Apple has steadfastly insisted that touchscreens don’t have a place on the Mac…

Will Apple try to ‘tabletize’ the Mac, or continue to concentrate on iPad evolution?

Monday, December 18, 2017 12:01 pmMonday, December 18, 201721 Comments

Tim Cook was most impressed with the Apple co-founder’s ability to quickly change his mind…

Solved: iPad Pro vs. MacBook vs. Pro

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 2:28 pmTuesday, May 23, 201715 Comments

Apple gives customers a few choices, but maybe not the best choices…

Could this be the future of the Mac?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:25 amThursday, March 30, 201735 Comments

Could Apple create a hybrid desktop product driven by some future version of…

Apple patent application reveals MacBook with iPad as display, MacBook with iPhone as touchpad

Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:31 amThursday, March 23, 20179 Comments

The patent also includes a design where the screen is replaced with an iPad…

On the future of Apple’s Macintosh

Monday, February 6, 2017 3:01 pmMonday, February 6, 201725 Comments

At one time, it as felt that personal computers, in the twilight of the PC era, would serve the job as pickup trucks…

The case for a Multi-Touch Mac

Friday, January 20, 2017 10:27 amFriday, January 20, 201728 Comments

Last weekend, I spent some time with a couple of friends who both have Windows laptops…

Lack of touchscreen Mac shows Apple is adrift without adequate product leadership

Saturday, January 7, 2017 3:22 pmSaturday, January 7, 201797 Comments

Undeterred by Apple’s pronouncements regarding ‘convergence’ of mobile and traditional PC devices…

A Mac user looks at a Chromebook

Thursday, January 5, 2017 11:32 am15 Comments

My computing roots can be traced back to CP/M and an Osborne 1, so color me about as tried and true…

Three predictions for what Apple has in store for 2017

Friday, December 30, 2016 1:33 pm23 Comments

Predictions are a tricky business. Suggesting that Apple’s port elimination trend…

Tim Bajarin: I see Apple moving many users to an iOS-based mobile device over the next 3-4 years

Monday, November 7, 2016 10:26 am34 Comments

Apple’s new MacBook Pro lineup adds something unique: a Touch Bar atop the keyboard that I believe…

Sonder refudiates report: We did not meet with Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘on Wednesday 12th October 2016’

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 10:25 amWednesday, October 19, 201610 Comments

Sonder founder Francisco Serra-Martins did not meet Tim Cook on Wednesday 12th October 2016…

Apple to launch new MacBooks with E-Ink dynamic keyboards in 2018

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:00 amWednesday, October 19, 20167 Comments

Goodbye QWERTY, hello emoji…

Apple in talks to acquire Australian startup Sonder for dynamic key-morphing Magic Keyboard

Thursday, October 13, 2016 1:25 pmThursday, October 13, 201610 Comments

Apple’s looming acquisition of the company was first reported on Wednesday…

Apple patent application reveals expandable illuminated MacBook trackpad

Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:01 amThursday, April 14, 20168 Comments

Such a design would allow a MacBook Surface to transform into a gaming gamepad or other configuration…

This is supposed to make Microsoft’s Windows better than Apple’s Mac?

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 12:03 pmTuesday, March 1, 201646 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows 10 is not as successful as Microsoft has hoped. Even though it’s a free download, at least till summer, the migration rate has slowed…

Why we’ll see Apple’s OS X-powered ‘MacPad’ tablet within two years

Friday, January 29, 2016 11:02 amFriday, January 29, 201626 Comments

Apple says it’s not going to happen, but I think we’ll see a tablet running Mac OS X within two years…

MacPad: Apple predicted to release a Mac OS X tablet by 2018

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, November 24, 201526 Comments

Apple’s official position may be that we don’t need an OS X/iOS hybrid tablet

Tim Cook: Apple won’t create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad

Sunday, November 15, 2015 2:02 pm33 Comments

We feel strongly that customers are not really looking for a converged Mac and iPad…

Apple granted patents for a hybrid notebook with detachable display

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:55 pmTuesday, November 3, 201516 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 44 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today…

Apple’s iPad Pro testing the waters for an ARM-powered notebook?

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:56 amTuesday, September 15, 201527 Comments

I was confused during Apple’s introduction of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which has a display so large…

Apple’s MacBook Air is on a path to extinction

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 11:25 amTuesday, September 8, 201537 Comments

When Apple redesigned the MacBook Air in 2010, it created one of the best machines to ever carry its Mac label…

I don’t want an iPad Pro, I want an OS X tablet

Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:58 pmThursday, September 3, 201529 Comments

Reports are circulating that Apple is preparing to unveil a larger, enterprise and power-user focused iPad Pro…

IDC: Worldwide Tablet shipments to decline 8.0% in 2015 while 2-in-1 devices to grow 86.5%

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 2:57 pmWednesday, August 26, 20154 Comments

With the possibility that Apple will unveil a larger, screen-detachable iPad, this is the space to watch…

Intel Inside Apple’s iPad Pro?

Monday, August 24, 2015 10:30 am16 Comments

Apple’s iPad Pro will go into commercial production next month or by October…

MacPad: Apple’s 12.9-inch MacBook/iPad may offer OS X and iOS operating systems, rumors claim

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:58 pmTuesday, October 7, 201436 Comments

Apple has two 12.9-inch tablet prototypes in development…

An Apple 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’ makes no sense at all!

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:29 pmWednesday, August 27, 201423 Comments

Claims that Apple plans an iPad Pro have been around for some time…

Apple preps fitness and health wristband, 4K desktop, all-new 12-inch Retina MacBook, sources say

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:28 pm16 Comments

Apple is planning to unveil its long-in-the-works fitness and health…

Apple strongly considering ARM-powered Macs with ‘large format’ Magic Trackpads in keyboards

Saturday, May 31, 2014 1:02 pmSaturday, May 31, 201425 Comments

Apple’s hardware cycles have been become anticipated events throughout the years…

Apple ARM-based Macs are a fantasy (for now)

Friday, May 30, 2014 8:28 pmSaturday, May 31, 201428 Comments

Over the past couple of days, rumors have been circling…

Apple’s ‘iPad Pro’ a larger model, or a laptop/tablet ‘MacPad’ hybrid?

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 4:29 pmWednesday, April 16, 201414 Comments

Is Apple working on a bigger-screen iPad to follow the iPad Air…

J.P. Morgan: Apple is leaving $63 billion on the table

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 1:01 pmWednesday, April 9, 201441 Comments

Apple could make as much as a $63 billion a year if they would…

JP Morgan: Apple to launch converged OS X-iOS iPhone, iPad within 12 to 18 months

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:05 amWednesday, February 12, 201437 Comments

Apple’s next big thing could be a combination OS X-iOS…

The end of the Mac?

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:31 am49 Comments

Mac sales are not just down, but dropping somewhat faster…

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