MacOS: Again speculation about touchscreen ability

IPAD and MAC combines this dream – some users have dreamed for years because they either hope to be able to operate Macs via touchscreen or, which sounds more sensible, to finally make the always limited hardware more powerful. In connection with current foldable rumors, there is now fresh indications that Apple MacOS wants to make touchscreen-capable. Because one of two foldable devices allegedly planned for 2026 or 2027 should not run with iOS or iPados. The alleged The analyst Jeff PU from the Hong Kong Investment House GF Securities, which has contacts in Apple's supply chain.

18.8 inch display when out

Allegedly-in addition to a foldable iPhone-a kind of iPad/Mac hybrid with 18.8 inches should also appear in the cut out. It is “probably” that a macoos will run instead of iPados. If these assumptions are correct, Apple would have to devote itself to the corresponding adjustments with MacOS 16 (or previous versions) – if the group has not done this long ago.

In fact, these plans have come up again and again in recent years. Apple is said to have developed corresponding prototypes years ago, but has not seen any added value in it. Steve Jobs himself had always rejected touchscreen macbooks because he thought they were the wrong form factor, since the user at some point The arm abd.

iOS 19 and MacOS 16 as a basic system

Apple is now planning a larger redesign for iOS 19 and MacOS 16, which is supposed to take part in Visionos. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman wrote for the weekend that the remodeling could also help new hardware species As said foldables and “touchscreen macs” to enable.

How much analyst PU has heard himself and how many information he repeats from other media reports remains unclear. So the Wall Street Journal recently had About form factor changes in Apple reports and also mentioned there. The 18.8-inch device should basically be understood as a laptop. Apple had installed the new M4 SoC at the iPad Pro last year as the first device. However, its power can only be partially used by iPados, since the operating system has various restrictions compared to MacOS.