That's why your employer would provide you a full fledged Mac laptop.
Then just do your work on that; you'll still end up carrying two devices.That's why your employer would provide you a full fledged Mac laptop.
Sure, until your phone throttles from all the heat MacOS generates in a tiny waterproof container. Even the MacBook Air is able to vent heat through the hinge vents. Of course having those things in your hotel room doesn't help when you are on the plane or meeting with the client because there is no way to guaranteed you'll have access to them there. If you wouldn't be able to travel with just a MacMini, you wouldn't be able to travel with just your phone.
Do you think Apple is going to go through the trouble of putting MacOS on iPhones only for people who can guarantee they will have access to an external display everywhere they want to use MacOS? People whose usage is so undemanding that their phones, which don't even have the M chip required to run MacOS, wouldn't overheat?You're beyond that use case?
My use case is not requiring an external display to run MacOS; that's why I have a MacBook instead of a MacMini.
Then why are you even replying on this topic of others wanting macOS on iPad?
You drew the wrong conclusion, I would like MacOS on the iPad.
It’s actually a topic on how feasible it might be. Whomever wants to reply with their valid opinions can do so.
I actually agree with @darngooddesign. I would nix the requirement for an external monitor and just keep the mouse/trackpad and keyboard requirement. That way you could use Mac OS on the iPad when using a keyboard and mouse/trackpad, Magic Keyboard, or Logitech Combo Touch as well as with an external monitor if you wanted to.
That's the beauty of choice. You could use it just on your iPad with a keyboard and mouse/trackpad, or attach to external monitor if you wanted to. The best of both worlds...
I bet you would if you needed to do something in MacOS away from your screen.
I am sure everyone remembers the 11.6" MBA, 12" MB(2017), and now there's the rumored 12" MB. So, as I see it, MacOS is definitely doable on the iPads.
Tons of people use 11" and 12" MacBooks with no issues (including me, I have both). I was using Windows on my 11" iPad pro with remote desktop, no problem, just adjust the scaling if necessary
macOS is designed for keyboard + mouse in mind. Not touch screen.
Prior to 2006 Mac OS X only publicly ran PowerPC chips.
Netbook screens were crappy TN panels with very low resolutions. Even the 11.6 MBA was a much better screen than those. Pretty usable. The 12" MacBook screen is a joy to use. The 11" iPad pro, which is roughly the same size as the 11.6 MBA taking aspect ratio into account is a much better display. I would absolutely use it with MacOS on the go (just tested with sidecar mirroring my M1 mini on the 11" and optimizing for the iPad display...)
So you want the iPad to run macOS only when attached to a monitor? I don’t understand.. so you’re giving up portability and the touch screen? What’s the point then?
he doesn't even want MacOS, but a GUI that looks like MacOS but is still iPadOS
When it is portable it runs on iPadOS GUI.
It is currently designed around mouse/keyboard, which does not mean it will never support touch. It is not designed for a minimum size screen, it's designed for a minimum resolution. Since you can change the scaling in MacOS, it could default to the appropriate scaling. People who buy ultraportables, not netbooks mind you, accept the compromises of a smaller screen.
Once MacOS dropped PowerPC support, it didn't start again.
Even the A12 chips used in the AS Dev machines were custom designed to handle a desktop OS with extra components added for things like virtual swap memory.
However, iPads can't run Mac apps. Developer support has been very limited because of the costs of testing and supporting a different OS without being able to charge for the effort.
And I said that I think requiring an external display is only beneficial for people who want to use MacOS in places where they are guaranteed a display which means no airplanes or trains, a few hotels, and a few corporate environments. Basically as far as MacOS is concerned, if you couldn't travel with just a Mac mini, you couldn't travel with just an iPad.