In a recent interview with Rafael Zeier, Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi addressed the long-running debate over the iPad’s identity, explaining why the company continues to resist putting macOS on its tablet and how iPadOS 26 is evolving to meet the needs of power users.
For years, some users have pushed for a full desktop operating system on the iPad, but Federighi reaffirmed Apple’s philosophy: the iPad is designed from the ground up for a touch-first experience—something that would be compromised by simply porting over macOS. ”We really designed iPad from the beginning for this touch-first world,” he said, adding that for many people, the iPad is their primary—or even first—computing device. In his words, putting macOS on the tablet would ”lose what makes iPad iPad.”
Källa: Craig Federighi: Putting macOS on iPad Would ’Lose What Makes iPad iPad’ [Video]
