What a great point! I read the Jobs biography from Isaacson and in there Jobs talks extensively about making sure to "cannibalize yourself" before someone else does. This was in regard to the iPhone taking out the iPod. But it could also apply here. That is what I mean by cowards!
"Mature OS" is better for what you are trying to express (without the unintended snark). Operationally, macOS and Windows OS have pretty much settled into what they are going to be. Whereas iPadOS is considered to be a "developing OS" as it's continuously changing and clearly has a ways to go.
Tbf, I never said you couldn’t work… just that it would be difficult.
Not who you asked, but I'll answer anyhow. I spend a lot of time in Terminal.app, one reason is advanced file management. The Mac is a computer, the iPad is a - powerful - toy.
You do understand that virtually everyone who wants macOS on the iPad wants it as an *option*, not to replace iPadOS, correct? Trying to understand the mindset of arguing against the needs of other users when making them happy would not affect you negatively in the least.
It depends how you implement it: Dual booting, probably not a good idea because of the many downsides that have been covered, running it in a VM, probably an acceptable compromise. Attempting some sort fo automatic mode switch, almost certainly not going to happen Due to the many technical and policy limitations
I would literally be okay with any of those solutions. Dual boot would be great! VM would be great! And if anyone can make an auto mode switch work, it would be Apple, and I would be okay with that too!
Yes, there are implementation details, but the hard part is already done. I favor the VM approach, personally. Limit it to the higher spec iPad models and that both ensures a pretty decent user experience and helps pay for the feature.
macOS and iPadOS are essentially the same operating system just with a different user interface. I don't see why the Finder, Terminal, Spaces etc. couldn't run on an iPad.
1. Dual boot would work with minor modifications to macOS (a prompt that detects when the keyboard and mouse are removed to prompt restarting into iPadOS)
They could, but that’s not automode switch, what I mean by mode switch is that when you dock it transforms into macOS. This is something some people advocate for but I think would have developer buy-in problems that would lead to an inferior user experience, potentially a permanent inferior experience due to devs not being willing to put in the work.
Luckily you don't need to figure it out for the developer, Apple does, and I don't think it would be that difficult. Run states work really well in the BSD arena.
It's not more difficult, it's that I cannot do everything, but I can use the time to work. Typical situation, I have to wait for 30 minutes or an hour. With a laptop I can fill that time and work and then upload whenever I have internet again etc. With an iPad I am stuck as it does not have my software.
I was trying to make a case against a "mode switch" and for the user choosing which apps to run at any given moment, some of which could use a more iPad-esque UI while others would be more macOS style.
Sure, I'm happy with the iPad being a powerful toy, and my Mac being a powerful computer. Having Terminal and Homebrew on the iPad would go a long way to bridge the gap, but it's still got a smaller screen and fewer ports. And not a lot of RAM.
I think you’re mistaking actually thinking through the UX pitfalls of the suggestion with being “threatened” by it. 🤷♂️
The "leave the iPad alone" people are generally afraid that their iPad experience could change and become less "simple". Some might even prefer iOS to iPadOS.
You understand it’s possible to “realize” and understand a point of view while just disagreeing with it, right?
“these people should welcome a MacOS option for power users instead of iPadOS becoming more desktop like, but they are not able to even realize that....”
