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The recent
earnings call of Apple saw Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, denying that the company
was planning on producing a MacBook/iPad hybrid device.
According to
Cook, convergence is possible for anything although it may result to some
tradeoffs that may not be acceptable to the consumers. The question on the MacBook/iPad
hybrid came up during the second quarter earnings call of Apple was raised by
an analyst who inquired about the Windows 8 of Microsoft.
The
dismissal by Cook on the supposed MacBook/iPad hybrid comes following the
report that sales of iOS devices nearly reached 47 million units for the second
fiscal quarter. In comparison Mac sales did not reach the expectations of analysts
from Wall Street as it sold only around four million units.
The iPad and
MacBook do not use the same platform and Apple does not plan to combine the two
devices to product a MacBook/iPad hybrid.
The
statements of Cook dismissing a MacBook/iPad hybrid come as the release preview
for the Windows 8 is set to be unveiled near the start of June. The Windows 8 OS
combines a touchscreen interface with the conventional Windows OS and is going
to be called “Metro”.
Cook already
dismissed any plans of combining touchscreen functionality into a MacBook in a February
interview with the Wall Street Journal.
In
dismissing any possibility of a MacBook/iPad hybrid, Cook indicated that previous
efforts were made in combining such functions on desktops but no progress were made
in such developments.
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