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Apple Patent Points To iMac Touch Running OS X and iOS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

siliconbits noted an interesting little tale of a recently surfaced Apple Patent covering an iMac Touch with a flex base that switches from iOS to OS X based on orientation. There's some interesting food for thought in there ... I can't decide if I like the idea or not.

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  1. Finally, proof of what we've been saying for years by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    iMac Touch with a flex base that switches from iOS to OS X based on orientation.

    So if you're straight, it runs one OS, and if you're gay, it runs the other.

    Does this mean Apple is trying to patent device-based gaydar?

  2. iMac running iOS by Culture20 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jobs #&@%ing told you. He told you that iOS was the way his computers were going to shift, but you said "not on the desktop, that's what Mac OS X is for". In five years time, he'll be running iOS on xserves and calling it a revolution in server security "never run untested code! Turn daemons on and off with the flick of a finger on your dedicated iPad (dedication license fees per iPad/xserve connection apply).

  3. Re:Apple slowly replacing OS X with iOS by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the obscuring of the keys, it is plain stupid.

    A stupid trait it shares with an actual keyboard. Ooops, hadn't noticed that, eh?

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