How long before they unify OS X and iOS?

By: Andrew Clough (someone.delete@this.somewhere.com), June 22, 2020 5:00 pm
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nobody in particular (nobody.delete@this.nowhe.re) on June 22, 2020 12:55 pm wrote:
> anonymous2 (anonymous2.delete@this.example.com) on June 22, 2020 12:53 pm wrote:
> > How long before they unify OS X and iOS? 2 years? 5 years?
> >
> > You have to think it's going to happen sooner or later even if they have different interfaces/skins
> > it seems obvious the underlying details have a lot of overlap right now.
> >
>
> What would that even mean? ARM Macs will be fully binary compatible with
> iPhone and iPad apps, which tells me that it already is unified.
>
> If you mean replacing the desktop interface with the iPad one, I don't think that's likely to happen, ever.

I'm reminded of the old Ubuntu unity dream where you plug your phone into a dock with a keyboard and it transitions from the phone UI to the desktop UI.
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  How long before they unify OS X and iOS?anonymous22020/06/22 12:53 PM
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