Oh and I forgot my iPad Pro 12.9-inch... now that’s a great iPad! Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB
> On 10 Jan 2018, at 5:49 am, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Marcus what rock have you been hiding under? > > What about the latest MacBookPro with Touch Bar, the iPhone X , the latest > Apple Watch, AppleTV 4K, the new MacPro? > I am with Stephen and never want to have to use a Mac computer with a > touchscreen. > Keep iOS to iOS devices - macOS to computers! > > /Quote: > Desktop computers aren’t going away any decade soon. Not if Jony Ive and Phil > Schiller have to say anything about it. > In an interview with Ive, Schiller and Magic Man Craig Federighi, Apple’s > team of vets explain that they don’t plan to ever morph the iPad and Mac > together to make a Frankenstein desktop tablet like the Surface Studio. > > Jony Ive insists that a touchscreen on the Mac wouldn’t be “particularly > useful” in the CNet interview that reveals the new Touch Bar was in > development for two years. > No TouchBook Pro > > “We did spend a great deal of time looking at this a number of years ago and > came to the conclusion that to make the best personal computer, you can’t try > to turn MacOS into an iPhone,” Schiller says. “Conversely, you can’t turn iOS > into a Mac…. So each one is best at what they’re meant to be — and we take > what makes sense to add from each, but without fundamentally changing them so > they’re compromised.” > > The new Touch Bar appears to be Apple’s first bridge, of sorts, between iOS > and macOS. By adding dynamic keys, the Touch Bar makes apps more > touch-friendly and easier to navigate. A touch-based version of macOS may > seem like the inevitable step, but Schiller says it would be wreck. > > “It is great to provide two different ways to solve some of the same things, > but they also do very unique things that the other doesn’t,” said Phil > Schiller. “Having them separate allows us to explore both, versus trying to > force them into one — and only one — model.” > > Despite killing the idea of touchscreen MacBook, Jony Ive teased that the new > feature marks the beginning of some exciting new forms of computing. > > “We didn’t want to just create a speed bump on the MacBook Pro,” he says. “In > our view this is a big, big step forward. It is a new system architecture, > and it allows us to then create many things to come, things that we can’t > envision yet.” /end Quote > > Cheers, > > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 9 Jan 2018, at 9:55 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Gosh Marcus. >> >> I could not imagine trying to clean finger prints and grease off a 21.5 inch >> screen. >> It drives me nuts keeping my iPhone screen clean. >> >> Perhaps all that brain power could come up with a self cleaning screen eh ? >> >>> On 9 Jan 2018, at 8:55 pm, Marcus Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Treasurer and members, >>> I couldn’t see your personal email Peter, but I just now paid the annual >>> subs as Marcus Harris 2018 >>> >>> Did members read that extensive article by Jack Hough in The Weekend >>> Australian Dec30-31 Edition. >>> It’s entitled “The Trillion Dollar Mark could still be in Reach” >>> It’s still online by googling “Jack Hough Apple". >>> >>> With all that capital and all that brain power, I often wonder why there’s >>> been nothing really adventurous in Apple Hardware since the iOS devices >>> were launched by Steve. >>> And you would think that a Mac would have a touch screen by now. What’s >>> happening in Infinity Loop? >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> Marcus >>> Marcus Harris >>> P.O. Box 7135 >>> Marcus Harris >>> Shenton Park >>> Western Australia 6008 >>> Australia >>> Cryptodome Pty Ltd >>> cryptodo...@me.com >>> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 >>> >>> >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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