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Originally Posted by xtech
1. You need mobility and you also need something more lightweight than macbook pro, but at the same time you need to run some emulation of windows for a program which was written for windows only. You cannot run this program on ios, but possible on mac's os.
2. You need mobility, to work on something which you carry around, and then go back home and work on something more efficient, by way of just plugging it in, and without switing devices or taking care of any sync (be it through wifi or ethernet).
3. You are travelling, and do need something more efficient part of the day, and more mobility the other part. And you do not want to carry two devices with you on the trip, but only one.
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One thing to consider is Apple designs products for mass market. How many millions of people actually have a use-case like this?
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Originally Posted by xtech
I think Apple may test the market with the 14 inch model, analogue of Surface Book 2.
14 inch is not too big for the tablet to carry around, and it is the professional size. And yet it is smaller than 15 inch, so may appeal to greater audience.
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At this juncture, a 14-inch iPad Pro is more likely than a 2-in-1 MacBook. Get rid of the bezels on the iPad Pro 12.9 and you've got 14 inches already (around the size of letter or A4 paper).
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Originally Posted by xtech
If Apple is scared, let them make the sample device, and give it to others to test, and they'll see how useful it can be.
If Apple is scared that it will be loosing the market for Ipad with this device, then I'd say it is not necessarily so, because this device will be more expensive than Ipad, and not many people need additional keyboard, when they only need good tablet.
Another option is also to enable such a device to be able to run IOS mode, if a person finds that he basically needs the tablet for a longer time. But this is just in the area of distant possibilities.
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Why would Apple be scared of a $2000-4000 device cannibalizing sales of an $800-1500 tablet? That part's not the issue. Reckon for Apple, it's more important to get UI/UX right first when developing a hybrid device. Something half-baked isn't going to cut it with their "It just works" tagline.