Unlike the rest of the PC industry, Apple won’t mix its tablet and laptop platforms. But lots of people are still trying to turn the iPad into a clamshell. Were Rudyard Kipling writing about Apple today, he might observe, “iPad is iPad and Mac is Mac and never the twain shall meet.” Devices that can act as either a laptop or tablet—also known as 2-in-1s—got their start in 2012 when Microsoft announced the original Surface as its response to the success of the iPad. When based on Window...
Unlike the rest of the PC industry, Apple won’t mix its tablet and laptop platforms. But lots of people are still trying to turn the iPad into a clamshell. Were Rudyard Kipling writing about Apple today, he might observe, “iPad is iPad and Mac is Mac and never the twain shall meet.” Devices that can act as either a laptop or tablet—also known as 2-in-1s—got their start in 2012 when Microsoft announced the original Surface as its response to the success of the iPad. When based on Window...
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