Tim Cook on merging iOS and macOS


Via Mac Rumors:

"We don't believe in sort of watering down one for the other," said Cook, speaking with The Sydney Morning Herald's Peter Wells. "One of the reasons that both of them are incredible is because we pushed them to do what they do well. And if you begin to merge the two … you begin to make trade offs and compromises."

"So maybe the company would be more efficient at the end of the day, but that's not what it's about," he added. "It's about giving people things that they can then use to help them change the world or express their passion or express their creativity. So this merger thing that some folks are fixated on, I don't think that's what users want."

I like the focus on customers there. That's a good quote

That doesn't mean though there won't be continued convergence. It just sounds like the platforms will be distinctly different.

On occasion, I've used a Dell laptop with a touchscreen. I always hated the idea of touch as a primary interface for computers, but it actually works pretty well as an augmentation. You can scroll and click using fingers like an iPad. Of course, there are fingerprints on the computer, which bugs me still, but a melding of tablet and laptop that seems a good idea.