Funny when people laugh at the idea of ‘Post-PC’ whilst also decrying ‘dumbing down’ of macOS in favor of iOS concepts. The desktop computer no longer being the center of the computing world is what Post-PC *is*. It’s not some PC-less scifi fantasy 
This is what it looks like
The problem is in your tweet though ‘dumbing down’ of Macs. iOS can get away with being so limited and restricted because the Mac exists to actually get work done on. Apple’s locking down the Mac without opening up iOS. But my requirements haven’t ‘dumbed down’ and still aren’t…
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…possible on iOS. So I rely on the Mac to actually get things done. If they make Mac as feature incomplete and limited as iOS I’m not suddenly going to decide to give in and use iOS, I just won’t be able to do those tasks anymore at all.
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I loved the iPad originally I wanted it to take over. But I expected Apple to make the iPad fantastic, make it so good everyone moves to it because it’s better and naturally leaves the Mac behind. Apple hasn’t done that, the iPad is still artificially crippled…
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By dumbing down macOS it’s like Apple is trying to force Mac users down into iOS’s limitations and use cases by making macs worse, rather than improving iOS until we want to switch. Rather than make it so obviously better switching is the obvious choice!
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‘macs heaviness allows iOS to be so light’ If Mac and iOS are bridges, iOS is a very pretty for bridge. Macs are concrete roadways. iOS looks great, but you can’t drive a truck across it. Rather than make iOS’s bridge more capable Apple removing supports and…
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…adding diversions to direct people onto iOS artificially, despite that meaning for lots of users they have to pull over and walk carrying their stuff across instead of driving across.
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also since getting some mild RSI type pain from typing all day on a laptop I now realise the desktop form factor will always be superior for doing actual work for extended periods, and thats something iOS on a laptop could meet but the iPad form factor never can.
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