iPhone... Wednesday June 18, 2025 8:10 pm PDT by Every year between 2015 and 2024, at least one Apple executive agreed to be interviewed by Daring Fireball's John Gruber for a special WWDC episode of his podcast, The Talk Show. Last year, for example, Apple's software engineering chief Craig Federighi, marketing chief Greg Joswiak, and top AI researcher John Giannandrea joined Gruber on stage at the California Theatre in San Jose to discuss... • Top Rated Comments1 week agoThey’d lose App Store revenue.Score: 55 Votes ( | )1 week agoGOOD. The iPad should NEVER run a Mac. It's a ridiculously stupid idea. Touch first devices should run touch first operating systems.Those who want a Mac on an iPad should just buy a freaking Mac. ?♂️Score: 31 Votes ( | )1 week agoWe know the rea$on$This has all become so ridiculous, particularly as they now try to "build macOS all over again, starting with iPadOS" all while adding more and more "padding" to the entire macOS UI, despite it not having any touch capable devices that run it.Score: 26 Votes ( | )1 week agoI guess it’s good for people who want a hybrid device. But I feel like if you need to have a device that’s for work and editing, then just get a MacBook.Score: 17 Votes ( | )1 week agoApple sells it as a complete, customized solution for the best experience.It's the same reason Apple TV doesn't run macOS. Fundamentally, it's the same box as a Mac with HDMI out.Score: 14 Votes ( | )1 week agoI get the reasoning, but they are selling keyboards and mice for the iPad. You can also plug the iPad into an external screen so it is a computer with a touch screen. I get that MacOS is not optimized for touch, but who cares you can use it with a keyboard and mouse like normal. The reason is it would kill a large portion of their laptop sales. So many people could get by with a simple iPad, they are fast, long battery and will/would do what any average user would need it to do.Score: 14 Votes ( | )Next ArticleGuides Pride wallpaper, carrier satellite connectivity for iPhone 13, Screen Time improvements, and more. Apple Intelligence is what Apple is calling its artificial intelligence feature set. Here's everything we know. Image Playground is Apple's dedicated image creation app that can build cartoon-like pictures based on text descriptions., For those who are still looking for a true iPad and Mac hybrid, Apple is reportedly working on everything from touch-screen Macs to a 19-inch foldable iPad, so the dream of using macOS on a touch , In other words, Apple believes that bringing macOS to the iPad would mean forfeiting the unique reason each product exists separately. I can’t say I disagree. Top comment by Terence Gordon.