For example, back in 2010 Steve Jobs said thatnobody was going to buy a big iPhone.
One year later, the iPad arrived.
And so it might be with the touchscreen Mac.
Just imagine…Marek Levák / Unsplash
Foldable Mac
The design, according to multiplereliable rumor sources, is pretty out there.
Lenovo
The benefits are clear.
But you already have to open a MacBook, so no biggie there.
How hard can it be, Apple?.Lenovo
If this turns out to be true, it’s a nice example of Apple’s approach to design.
Instead of just hopping on the latest industry trend, it works to its own schedule.
When everybody said that Apple should make a netbook, it didn’t.
Apple’s MacBooks are seriously stuck in the past.Lenovo
But it lags far behind the Mac in terms of software capabilities.
Well, you might, but all it does is leave greasy fingermarks.
It seems like such a missed opportunity for Apple.
Imagine a MacBook Air with a fancier hinge and the iPad Pro’s touchscreen.
In laptop mode, it’s a Mac.
Flip the keyboard, and it’s an iPad.
I would buy the heck out of that machine.
But perhaps a crazy all-screen, foldable dual-display Mac is not the most practical solution.
“A foldable screen on a laptop?”
writes Apple user and computer support analystKingtj1971in aMacRumors forum post.
“There are ways that could be amazing, but not anything like this!”
Update 06/06/2024: Corrected biographical information in paragraph 3.
