So when Apple dropped an iPhone chip into a laptop running full macOS, it worked. Not because of clever engineering on the fly, but because the hardware was never really the barrier....The OS is where Apple draws its product lines, not the silicon. iOS lacks the macOS frameworks and APIs that desktop apps are built on, so the boundary between iPhone and Mac software is a deliberate design choice. Not a hardware limitation. When Apple announced the move from Intel to its own chips in 2020, it revealed that macOS had been quietly co-compiled for ARM chips for over seven years in preparation.
That’s the part Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google struggle to match. Qualcomm makes chips but doesn’t own the OS on either side of the equation. Microsoft owns Windows but doesn’t design chips or control the broader app ecosystem. Google owns Android but doesn’t make PC hardware or a full desktop operating system. Apple is the only player controlling the chip, the OS, the developer tools, and the first-party apps all at once. Apple vertical integration is a real advantage. Whether it matters to you depends entirely on whether macOS works for what you actually do. For the growing number of people it does work for. And the MacBook Neo is a pretty clear demonstration of what that advantage looks like in practice.
Theoretisch kan dat. Maar de kans dat ze dat doen met een iPad is groter dan dat je dat met een iPhone kunt doen!
Hoewel er op dit moment geen creatieve visionair met enige zeggenschap lijkt rond te lopen die dat soort methodes functioneel bij elkaar durft te bedenken, al was het maar als gedachte oefening...
Ach ja, we hebben hier ooit - héél lang geleden - nog eens een laptop zonder processor gehad, waar je je telefoon in kon steken. Geen idee meer van welk merk dat geheel was.