As I continue to live vicariously, watching from the sidelines through this summer’s Apple beta season, two interesting takes on iPadOS 26 have crossed my radar and are worth sharing.
First up, Harry McCracken says what most using iPadOS 26 are saying that Apple has made the iPad more Mac-like. But he also wonders where that might lead? Check out his post here.
Follow that up with M.G. Seigler’s post. He thinks Apple might have created sort of a Mac, Jr. His post is from prior to the release of the public beta.
Both gentlemen delve deeper than the “what’s a computer?” discussion into other facets of the betas and both posts are worth your time, if iPads are your thing. That “what’s a computer?” question is going to probably be with us through most of the next year.
FYI. I’m adding an iPad category to this little corner of the web. I have a feeling we’re going to be talking quite a bit about iPads in the months to come.
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