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04-05-2017, 09:41 PM
Apple recently invited a small group of reporters to Cuperti** for a roundtable discussion about the Mac, and while the conversation was primarily focused on the Mac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/04/apple-updates-mac-pro-and-more/), Apple also revealed that it has ** plans for Macs with touchscreens or Macs powered solely by ARM chips, rather than Intel processors, per Axios (https://www.axios.com/apple-to-ditch-the-current-mac-pro-design-but-replacement-wont-arrive--2343465726.html).
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/04/mac-imac-800x369.jpgThe company has ** plans for touchscreen Macs, or for machines powered solely by the kind of ARM processors used in the iPhone and iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/). However, executives left open the possibility ARM chips could play a broader role as companion processors, something that showed up first with the T1 processor that powers the Touch Bar in the new MacBook (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) Pro.Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/phil-schiller/) aptly said "**" when asked about the prospect of touchscreen Macs, according to TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/).It's worth **ting that, when asked about a touch display here, in the context of efforts like Microsoft's Surface Studio, Schiller replies "**."
"That's a whole other long discussion we can get into, but suffice it to say, it's **t a big need of the Mac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-pro/) customers that we?re trying to address," he says. "You mentioned again how we're talking about both the iMac (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac/) and MacBook ? I do think that we have a two-prong desktop strategy with both iMac and Mac Pro, we think are each going to be important for pro desktops."It's **t the first time that Schiller or Apple have dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac. In **vember, he said that Apple has tested a touchscreen Mac (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/14/phil-schiller-touch-screen-macs/) and "absolutely come away with the belief that it isn't the right thing to do." He even went as far as calling the idea of a touchscreen iMac "absurd."?Can you imagine a 27-inch iMac where you have to reach over the air to try to touch and do things? That becomes absurd.? He also explains that such a move would mean totally redesigning the menu bar for fingers, in a way that would ruin the experience for those using pointer devices like the touch or mouse. ?You can?t optimize for both,? he says. ?It?s the lowest common de**minator thinking.?Apple design chief Jony Ive has likewise said (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/31/new-touch-bar-touchscreen-jony-ive-macs/) that a touchscreen Mac would "**t be a particularly useful or appropriate application of Multi-Touch."
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/10/touch_bar_hero.jpg
For **w, it appears the closest we will get to a touchscreen or ARM-based Mac is the latest MacBook Pro, which has a Touch Bar powered by an ARM-based T1 chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/28/touch-bars-t1-chip-variant-watchos/) as a companion processor. Apple has said one thing and later reversed course in the past, however, so the company's roadmap could change in the future.
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http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/04/mac-imac-800x369.jpgThe company has ** plans for touchscreen Macs, or for machines powered solely by the kind of ARM processors used in the iPhone and iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/). However, executives left open the possibility ARM chips could play a broader role as companion processors, something that showed up first with the T1 processor that powers the Touch Bar in the new MacBook (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) Pro.Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/phil-schiller/) aptly said "**" when asked about the prospect of touchscreen Macs, according to TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/).It's worth **ting that, when asked about a touch display here, in the context of efforts like Microsoft's Surface Studio, Schiller replies "**."
"That's a whole other long discussion we can get into, but suffice it to say, it's **t a big need of the Mac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-pro/) customers that we?re trying to address," he says. "You mentioned again how we're talking about both the iMac (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac/) and MacBook ? I do think that we have a two-prong desktop strategy with both iMac and Mac Pro, we think are each going to be important for pro desktops."It's **t the first time that Schiller or Apple have dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac. In **vember, he said that Apple has tested a touchscreen Mac (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/14/phil-schiller-touch-screen-macs/) and "absolutely come away with the belief that it isn't the right thing to do." He even went as far as calling the idea of a touchscreen iMac "absurd."?Can you imagine a 27-inch iMac where you have to reach over the air to try to touch and do things? That becomes absurd.? He also explains that such a move would mean totally redesigning the menu bar for fingers, in a way that would ruin the experience for those using pointer devices like the touch or mouse. ?You can?t optimize for both,? he says. ?It?s the lowest common de**minator thinking.?Apple design chief Jony Ive has likewise said (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/31/new-touch-bar-touchscreen-jony-ive-macs/) that a touchscreen Mac would "**t be a particularly useful or appropriate application of Multi-Touch."
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/10/touch_bar_hero.jpg
For **w, it appears the closest we will get to a touchscreen or ARM-based Mac is the latest MacBook Pro, which has a Touch Bar powered by an ARM-based T1 chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/28/touch-bars-t1-chip-variant-watchos/) as a companion processor. Apple has said one thing and later reversed course in the past, however, so the company's roadmap could change in the future.
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