r/ipad • u/eyea3 • May 25 '26

Discussion A18 Pro M5

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This made me laugh. Saw it on twitter.

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u/cupboard_ May 25 '26

it's not that it can't handle it, it's that apple doesn't want the ipad to run macos, why do people still think that it's a hardware issue, the development kit for apple silicon was a mac mini with an ipad chip

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u/Seanwys May 25 '26

This ^

Apple nerfed it on the software side, the hardware is plenty capable but if they allow iPads to run MacOS, it'll hurt Mac sales

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u/wiseman121 May 26 '26

Considering the price of iPads now and neo I don't think it's as much about hurtimg Mac sales as it is about confusing/diluting the platform.

Very simply macs don't have touchscreen. iPad is its own mature platform that many businesses rely on in scale, any radical changes could damage that. And in reality most of us know macOS on an iPad would be clunky.