I have to disagree on almost everything.
First of all, I highly doubt about W11 being a touch-friendly OS, basically because I heard the same about W10 and it’s almost impossible to make a good touch interface on the foundation of a mouse based UI. You still have resizable windows (which many people here like, but are horrible for a tablet), small controls, etc. I give the benefit of the doubt, but I’ve seen this movie before and I have already seen W11 videos.
And Android support won’t solve anything. You’re saying that iPad apps aren’t powerful and expect Android apps to solve it? Which aren’t even designed for tablets? That’s even worse than Apple putting iPad apps on the Mac.
Apple got clear from the beginning that if you want a tablet to be an alternative to the traditional computer, you have to offer something different, better in some aspects. It needs a reason to exist. In case of the iPad, that’s a lightweight device with direct input, no default orientation, without legacy stuff like ports, complex file system, security issues, infinite viewports to adapt, etc. I honestly think it’s impossible to turn Windows (or Mac) into that, no matter how hard you try.
Of course it’s more difficult to port some apps with that approach (like FCP, Logic or Xcode), but it’s the right way. Because, if not, you end up just having a traditional computer, that’s how almost everyone uses a Surface. Maybe it’s not even possible/not optimal to find a solution for those apps (if you have to turn it into a traditional computer in order to have them, what’s the point?), but we already have a lot of new pro uses outside of the usual suspects (development, video editing, etc.) that are only possible/better on the iPad and take 100% advantage of its power: AR, graphic design, monitoring…
TLDR people forget too quickly, we already had that debate 10 years ago and the iPad concept won. If the iPad is going to be a boring and difficult to use device, then it has no reason to exist. And because of all that, it’s a very successful device, so Apple is not going to commit suicide and put macOS on it.
First of all, I highly doubt about W11 being a touch-friendly OS, basically because I heard the same about W10 and it’s almost impossible to make a good touch interface on the foundation of a mouse based UI. You still have resizable windows (which many people here like, but are horrible for a tablet), small controls, etc. I give the benefit of the doubt, but I’ve seen this movie before and I have already seen W11 videos.
And Android support won’t solve anything. You’re saying that iPad apps aren’t powerful and expect Android apps to solve it? Which aren’t even designed for tablets? That’s even worse than Apple putting iPad apps on the Mac.
Apple got clear from the beginning that if you want a tablet to be an alternative to the traditional computer, you have to offer something different, better in some aspects. It needs a reason to exist. In case of the iPad, that’s a lightweight device with direct input, no default orientation, without legacy stuff like ports, complex file system, security issues, infinite viewports to adapt, etc. I honestly think it’s impossible to turn Windows (or Mac) into that, no matter how hard you try.
Of course it’s more difficult to port some apps with that approach (like FCP, Logic or Xcode), but it’s the right way. Because, if not, you end up just having a traditional computer, that’s how almost everyone uses a Surface. Maybe it’s not even possible/not optimal to find a solution for those apps (if you have to turn it into a traditional computer in order to have them, what’s the point?), but we already have a lot of new pro uses outside of the usual suspects (development, video editing, etc.) that are only possible/better on the iPad and take 100% advantage of its power: AR, graphic design, monitoring…
TLDR people forget too quickly, we already had that debate 10 years ago and the iPad concept won. If the iPad is going to be a boring and difficult to use device, then it has no reason to exist. And because of all that, it’s a very successful device, so Apple is not going to commit suicide and put macOS on it.