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TechComputers & PCsLaptopsApple’s modular iPad/MacBook patent lets you customise your dream machineApple patents One Thing to Rule Them All, and we really want it to become realWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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(Image credit: Apple)
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Imagine you’re a DJ and you use yourMacBook Air,MacBook ProoriPadon stage. To make that easier, there’s a second, large touchscreen below the keyboard that delivers your virtual decks, faders and other controls. Or maybe you need portability as well as a massive display, so your MacBook has a second screen that simply snaps on when you need it. Perhaps you’re a book editor who needs one screen for the manuscript and another for your reports. Or maybe you’re a video editor whose fingers need to fly around a virtual editing system without taking your eyes of the screen.
(Image credit: USPTO)
(Image credit: USPTO)
A Swiss Army knife, except it isn’t Swiss and isn’t a knife
The patent is called “modularized computing & input devices” and shows a Mac- oriPad-style device broken into three different kinds of parts: a central hub, an input device such as a keyboard, and a screen or screens. These devices are designed to work together and enable you to build your ideal custom combination, so for example you might have double displays and no keyboard, or a standard laptop with an extra, full sized touchscreen beneath a smaller keyboard, or a keyboard that’s a touchscreen, or…
I’ve been writing aboutApple’s patents for years and years, so I’m well aware that there are many more patents than there ever are products: I’m still waiting on the vertical iMac that folds down,MicrosoftSurface Studio-style, to become a giant touchscreen. So while I love the idea of a modular Mac, I doubt we’ll get something quite so exciting – but even if it isn’t quite so flexible, a modular Mac could be an interesting alternative to thebest 2-in-1 laptops.
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