[ramboldio]

if only macOS would run on iPad..

[ranyefet]

Just give us support for virtualization and we could install Linux on it and use it for development.

[LeoPanthera]

UTM can be built for iOS.

[user90131313]

All that power so ipad stays limited like a toy.

[tcfunk]

I'd settle for some version of xcode, or some other way of not requiring a macOS machine to ship iOS apps.

[hot_gril]

It needs a regular web browser too.

[JimDabell]

Swift Playgrounds, which runs on the iPad, can already be used to build an app and deploy it to the App Store without a Mac.

[swozey]

Yeah, I bought one of them a few years ago planning to use it for a ton of things.

Turns out I only use it on flights to watch movies because I loathe the os.

[vbezhenar]

Please no. I don't want no touch support in macOS.

[jonhohle]

Why would you need it? Modern iPads have thunderbolt ports (minimally USB-C) and already allow keyboards, network adapters, etc. to be connected. It would be like an iMac without the stand and an option to put it in a keyboard enclosure. Sounds awesome.

[jwells89]

It might work if running in Mac mode required a reboot (no on the fly switching between iOS and macOS) and a connected KB+mouse, with the touch part of the screen (aside from Pencil usage) turning inert in Mac mode.

Otherwise yes, desktop operating systems are a terrible experience on touch devices.

[Nevermark]

Because it would be so great you couldn’t help using it? /h

What would be the downside to other’s using it?

I get frustrated that Mac doesn’t respond to look & pinch!

[pquki4]

That's your argument of not allowing others to use MacOS on an iPad?

[Eun]

then a lot of people would buy it, including me :-)

[havaloc]

Maybe this June there'll be an announcement, but like Lucy with the football, I'm not expecting it. I would instabuy if this was the case, especially with a cellular iPad.

[umanwizard]

They make a version of iPad that runs macOS, it is called a MacBook Pro.

[zuminator]

MacBook Pros have touchscreens and Apple Pencil compatibility now?