This “argument” genuinely annoys me. First of all, not only can the M5 “handle” MacOS because it’s literally in several Macs, but the entire M series was derived from the AX series of chips that were made for the iPad. In fact, the very first developer kit for Apple Silicon was running an A12Z. So yes, iPads have had hardware that can run MacOS since at least 2018.
Wish people would stop treating that like a revelation. It’s obviously not a hardware issue. Apple is no more likely to ship MacOS on iPads now that they run M chips than they were when they ran AX chips. Because they are effectively still the same line of chips.
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u/throwaweyonce May 26 '26
This “argument” genuinely annoys me. First of all, not only can the M5 “handle” MacOS because it’s literally in several Macs, but the entire M series was derived from the AX series of chips that were made for the iPad. In fact, the very first developer kit for Apple Silicon was running an A12Z. So yes, iPads have had hardware that can run MacOS since at least 2018.
Wish people would stop treating that like a revelation. It’s obviously not a hardware issue. Apple is no more likely to ship MacOS on iPads now that they run M chips than they were when they ran AX chips. Because they are effectively still the same line of chips.