A personal essay arguing that Apple has lost its way by trying to merge iPadOS and macOS. The author contends iPads should be radically touch-only devices with unique, finger-first apps, while MacBooks should remain keyboard-first productivity machines with no touchscreen. Using a 'MacBook Neo' (likely a budget MacBook) as a jumping-off point, the author traces Apple's hardware and software decisions from the M1 launch through the current macOS Tahoe direction, lamenting the blurring of device identities. The piece concludes with a wishlist for incoming Apple CEO John Ternus: simplify the iPad lineup, rebuild iPadOS around touch fluency, avoid adding touchscreens to MacBooks, and make macOS more malleable and LLM-friendly.
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