{"id":8523,"date":"2021-10-22T00:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370722"},"modified":"2021-10-22T00:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:57:57","slug":"the-new-macbook-pros-look-amazing-but-i-just-want-a-macpad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8523","title":{"rendered":"The new MacBook Pros look amazing, but I just want a MacPad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PC\u2019s may outnumber Macs in the real world, but as a tech journalist, I sometimes feel like the odd man out. I\u2019m used to seeing a sea of MacBooks at big tech events \u2014 back when that sort of thing happened \u2014 with just a sprinkle of Windows laptops here and there.<\/p>\n

Yet even after Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pros, which seem to outclass their closest Windows competitors in nearly every performance metric, I don\u2019t have the slightest interest in switching. Not because I\u2019m intractably loyal to Windows, but because compared to the variety of form factors available for Windows PCs, I find the new MacBooks\u2026. well, kind of boring. And I\u2019ve felt that way for years.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to diminish Apple\u2019s achievements with the M1 Pro and M1 Max, but I doubt the new MacBook Pros will fundamentally alter the way most customers use their laptops. At the end of the day, they\u2019re just laptops that, for most<\/em> people, will do the same old stuff you\u2019ve been able to do with laptops forever \u2014 just faster and longer and in a prettier package. It\u2019s a big<\/em> spec bump, but mostly a spec bump nonetheless.<\/p>\n

What I really want to see is at least some kind of useful evolution in how we interact with the MacBook (RIP Touch Bar; you sucked, but at least you tried). Here\u2019s one suggestion: I think it\u2019s about time Apple make the MacPad \u2014 an iPad with the flexibility and power of macOS, the touch-friendliness of iPad OS, and a keyboard that can actually be used comfortably on a lap.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s never been a better time for it.<\/p>\n

I know, I know. For years, Tim Cook has said that Apple has no intentions of merging the iPad and Mac. As far back as 2015, he said \u201cwe feel strongly that customers are not really looking for a converged Mac and iPad.\u201d In 2018, he followed up, saying<\/a> \u201cone of the reasons that both [the Mac and iPad] are incredible is because we pushed them to do what they do well. And if you begin to merge the two\u2026 you begin to make trade-offs and compromises.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The new MacBook Pros look awesome, but they still can\u2019t do some of the stuff Windows users have been used to for years.<\/figcaption>