On the occasion of WWDC 2024, where Apple has presented iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11, the main vice presidents related to the new versions have undergone several interviews in which they have commented on interesting aspects. For example, in John Gruber’s The Talk Show, where Craig Federighi has ruled out (again) the arrival of macOS on the iPad Pro.
Craig Federighi wanted, among other things, to make it clear that Apple is not behind in artificial intelligence, as it has been launching Macs with processors with Neural Engines since 2020. The only difference is that Apple, unlike some of its counterparts, hasn’t marketed them as “AI PCs.”https://www.youtube.com/embed/J7al_Gpolb8?feature=oembed
Craig Federighi insists that the iPad and Mac are different
As we mentioned, on The Talk Show, Federighi was keen to emphasize that Apple is not lagging behind in the AI race because it has been releasing Macs ready for it since 2020, when they announced Apple Silicon processors. Specifically, his full answer was as follows:
“The fun part now with the AI PC is like someone just discovered the idea of a neural engine this year. Sure, it’s something completely different from what we’ve been doing on phones for years, and certainly different from the first M1 Mac we released in 2020, as well as every Mac we’ve introduced since. I guess we missed the opportunity to call it an AI PC, because, in reality, we’ve been making great PCs all this time. But that’s not really the point. They’re amazing Macs.”
On the other hand, in the face of the suggestion that Apple should release an iPad Pro capable of running iPadOS and macOS, Federighi has also had ironic and more comprehensive responses. Regarding the former, he said that Apple does not want to launch a Windows 8-type PC. As for the second, the reason why there is no iPad Pro with macOS is as follows:
“I love my iPad. I probably spend at least as much time, maybe more, doing a wide variety of things on my iPad as I do on my Mac. I love my Mac, too. I don’t want them to become the same device.
When you use your iPad Pro right now, it’s the best iPad experience you can imagine, and that means a lot to many people. I mean, it’s a cool experience. And we want to continue to make the iPad the best iPad it can be.”
Apple’s goal is that both the iPad and the Mac are not the same product, but that one complements the other. While the iPad Pro still lacks the justification for carrying Mac processors, running macOS isn’t the right solution. Let’s hope that this justification is found so that the inclusion of an M4 is validated, for example.
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