Microsoft did not make Apple's three-piece suit | but still have a chance to win

Although both iOS and macOS have the same design language and the same closed system environment, the development paths of these two operating systems are quite different. The iPhone with iOS has become the hottest mobile phone in the world, while the macOS-equipped Mac Computer has become a forced, small minority endorsement words.

Well, if iOS and macOS These two operating systems combined, is not it can make iOS more productive, so macOS more popular it?

In other words, Apple is really limited to only If you read this article, you will find that Apple may want to get rid of these two operating systems!

There are rumors that Apple has a plan called Marzipan inside, the goal is to make iOS and macOS can run a 'generic application', in short , Software developers will be able to design a suite of applications for both touch and mouse and trackpad applications that automatically recognize if they are running on iPhone and iPad or on Mac.

If you think this is groundless, take a look at the past few years IOS iOS on the road, you will find that the rumor above is very thought-provoking.

In 2015, Apple released the new iPad Pro, the biggest upgrade point of this version of the iPad is to add a touch pen Apple Pencil and physical keyboard Smart Keyboard, the industry believes that Apple's move is intended to increase iPad productivity, not just Limited to an 'entertainment toy'.

In 2017, Apple released iOS11, although iOS11 brought a brand-new control center to iPhone, brand-new animation is over, but these updates compare iPad edition iOS11 still be insignificant.

iPad version of iOS11 joined The newly designed Dock Bar is very close to the Dock experience on macOS, adding the previous six applications to up to 15 now, The right side of the Dock also shows the most recently used 3 apps.

macOS core competitiveness is the flexibility to handle multi-task and multi-task file drag and drop sharing, in this regard, iPad version of iOS11 also take its essence, you can achieve a window to handle multiple tasks and tasks between the file drag and drop , At the same time, also joined the user called for a long time file manager functions.

Not only iOS 'tribute' macOS , macOS is also 'plagiarism' iOS.

App Store (Source: tidbits)

year 2011, OS X 10.7 joined the highly successful 'App Store' on both the iPad and iPhone, and the software finally runs in full screen, just like iOS.

In 2012, OS X 10.8 officially released, this update is mainly to strengthen the iCloud cloud service capabilities, while giving up the use of many years iChat instead adopted iOS on the mature 'i Message' .

In 2013, OS X 10.10 released, the update is mainly in the design language to follow suit Introduced a year ago, iOS7 - global adoption Frosted glass effects.

Overall, iOS and macOS this way, the relationship has always been very ambiguous, seems to have long wanted a fusion.

In fact, not only Apple, a company that wants to achieve 'Unity of things' .

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Next door to do more than Apple is also radical

Apple's rival, Microsoft and Google share the same obsession with the idea of ​​"unity of all things."

In 2012, Microsoft dropped the Windows Phone 7 system, which started with a Windows CE kernel, to Windows Phone 8, the same Windows NT kernel as Windows 8, and offered a great idea that future applications on Windows will be straightforward , Mobile and PC can work together seamlessly.

On September 30, 2014, Microsoft introduced Windows 10 and Windows Business Director Terry Myerson put forward that Windows 10 will be the most unified platform for Microsoft, desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, all-in-one computers, IoT, hybrid reality helmet and other equipment will be integrated into this system.

However, due to Microsoft's mobile-based operating system reform is too radical, Time and again hurt the user, again and again torture developers, Today, Microsoft's mobile terminal Operating system is dead, Microsoft's 'unification' road has been severely hampered.

Coincidentally, as A well-deserved king in the mobile arena -Google's open-source operating system, Android, is also infiltrating large-screen desktop productivity devices, mobile smart devices, transportation devices and home devices.

It seems, 'Unity of things 'Absolutely the trend of the times.

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Maybe VR is the point of development?

After all, these tech giants do nothing more than make finger clicks more suitable for mouse clicks, let the mouse click to adapt to finger touch.

However, imagine, if the current macOS support touch, then the experience will be alright?

In fact, Microsoft's surface pro series equipped with Windows 10 system Already support touch operation, but in fact use it The experience is not good, because even though the operating system itself is optimized for touch, productivity software itself requires intensive buttons and accurate clicks and does not apply to touch functionality.

So, on the existing mature equipment 'Unity of things 'Road resistance and long.

But from another perspective, another kind of new equipment to cut into 'Unity of things ', Seems to be suddenly clear.

In 2015, Microsoft introduced the headset augmented reality device, Microsoft Hololens, that lets you add a wide range of information to your image, whether playing games on the desktop or entering the 'outside' environment, using the device as a carrier Space ', can be easily achieved.

The key is still Hololens's operating logic, you only need to wave his hand in space, a little bit, you can control Hololens. Previous cell phone Sliding touch And computer mouse clicks contradiction, arrived Hololens actually beautiful combination It's stand up.

It's like physics in space and time in three-dimensional space is completely isolated two elements, but in the four-dimensional space is beautifully linked together. Finger sliding in a two-dimensional plane and mouse clicks are two conflicting operational logic , But in the three-dimensional AR device is miraculously combined together.

Back to Apple, according to previous rumors, Apple is developing AR smart glasses, which can support mapping, messaging and virtual meeting rooms and other functions.In 2017, Apple has applied for the patent, the patent also shows that Apple R & D has started for this device.

At the same time, Apple is also actively preparing for the AR content ecosystem. In addition to launching the highly anticipated iOS 11 at WWDC 2017, ARKit, a software development tool, is also released for developers to develop augmented reality applications for the iPhone and iPad.

IPhone X released in 2017 Apple Fall New Release will start to support AR applications or games.

So, refer to Microsoft's Hololens, Apple's AR device release, the operating logic, it should be the beautiful combination of iOS and macOS.

Kill the phone must not be 'mobile phone'

Although mobile phones are overwhelming at the moment, occupying almost all of our time, but the mobile phone is far from the end.From the history, to get rid of the carriage is not faster carriage, but the car.

The technology industry is even more so, the improvement of mobile phone camera makes the SLR market sluggish, the new media has hit paper media, the birth of WeChat makes operators can only rely on to buy a living.

So, kill the phone must not be 'mobile phone'.

Perhaps both Apple and Microsoft were aware of the "potential danger" of cell phones (in fact, Apple switched from selling iPods to cell phones just because it saw the iPod industry is about to sunset) and wanted to open up its next decade-long technology product Push the "unity of all things" concept.

The VR / AR at this stage may seem a bit 'young' concept may be that get rid of the future of mobile devices.

Imagine why we want a screen, why do we have a few screens, and because so many different screens we have different ways of interacting with each other, and because we are three-dimensional creatures, why do we not have a 'thickness' per day Second screen to get information?

If our eyes become these screens, the result will be so? We are free to bring up a different workbench, we can enjoy the information in the three-dimensional world, enjoy the entertainment. The real world will be perfect and information, we will be completely immersed in A world never seen before.

So, cell phones, computers, iOS, macOS ... Regardless of how severely fragmented these devices are at this point in the future, these things will ultimately be the ultimate in VR / AR devices.

Although Microsoft has been hung on the mobile end, it can take the time to look out for the market, so it's the first time it detects a new round of change No scruples Burst into the battlefield.

But now it seems, Microsoft's Hololens there are many deficiencies, for example, can not achieve full 360 ° angle, prolonged wear of the nose there will be discomfort, life time is only a short three hours.

but, Microsoft's The future that Hololens describes for us is at hand, foreseeable, once Hololens overcomes these challenges, so its subversive will surely get industry recognition.

Of course, that does not mean that Apple has no fight back, Apple has always been like a rattlesnake in the desert, it is the pursuit of 'a hit kill', there is no secure win, it is not shot. After VR / AR, will be introduced a mature and easy-to-use equipment.

From this point of view, VR / AR rivers and lakes show a "rainy day full house," the trend, the future in the end, we will see.

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