“I love my iPad. I probably spend at least as much time, maybe more, doing a wide variety of things on my iPad than I do on my Mac. I also love my Mac. I don’t want them to become the same device.”
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On the occasion of the 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 Showwhere Craig Federighi has discarded (again) the arrival of macOS to the iPad Pro.
Craig Federighi He wanted, among other things, to make it clear that Apple is not behind in artificial intelligence, since has been releasing Macs with processors with Neural Engines since 2020. The only difference is that Apple, unlike some of its counterparts, has not marketed them as “AI PCs.”
Craig Federighi insists that the iPad and the Mac are different
As we mentioned, on The Talk Show, Federighi wanted 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, her full response was as follows:
“The fun part now with PC AI 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 first Mac M1 we launched in 2020, as well as all the Macs we’ve introduced since. I guess we missed the opportunity to call it an AI PC, because, really, we’ve been making great PCs all this time. That’s not really the point. They are amazing Macs.”
On the other hand, in response to the suggestion that Apple should launch an iPad Pro capable of running iPadOS and macOS, Federighi has also had ironic and more complete responses. Regarding the first, he has 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 the following:
“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 also love my Mac. 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 a lot of people. I mean, it’s a cool experience. And we want to continue making 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 rather that one complements the other. Although the iPad Pro still lacks the justification for carrying Mac processors, running macOS is not the right solution. Let’s hope that justification is found so that the inclusion of an M4, for example, is validated.
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