Bloomberg's Power On podcast asks whether Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro will eat into iPad sales, and what that means if you are choosing between the two.
Apple has a new MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, and a fair question is whether it makes the iPad less necessary. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Chris Welch took up that question on the Power On podcast, asking if Apple's laptop will end up competing with its own tablet.
For years, Macs and iPads have been different kinds of devices. A Mac is a laptop for heavier work. An iPad is a tablet you tap and swipe. A Mac you can touch blurs that line. The hosts weigh two views: that a touch Mac cuts into iPad sales, or that the two still serve different people.
Anyone who has been wondering whether to buy a laptop, a tablet or both. A touchscreen Mac may mean one device can do the job of two. Business owners buying equipment for a team may feel the same pull.
The material available is a short summary of the podcast, not the full discussion. It does not say what the hosts concluded. It also gives no price, release date or technical details for the laptop, and no sales figures for the iPad. Those details would matter for any real buying decision.
If you are weighing a laptop against a tablet, a touchscreen MacBook Pro may let you buy just one, so wait for the details first.
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