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The 2022 iPad Air is a tablet that feels a lot like a computer. AppleEvent

ship a MacBook laptop with a touchscreen? Most likely not. But next week, Apple will begin shipping a device that closely resembles a MacBook with a touchscreen.. But it did show off a tablet that feels a lot like a computer. Apple's new device is the 2022 iPad Air, the fifth generation of this product line. A few of its features have been updated to keep with the times: 5G connectivity, an ultrawide camera, a USB-C port.

For years now, tech pundits and consumers alike have wondered whether Apple’s iOS devices and its MacBooks would somehow merge. That hasn’t quite happened yet. From a hardware perspective, a clamshell laptop with a real keyboard still provides a utility that a tablet does not, even if that tablet has an accessory keyboard. And Apple has consistently rejected the idea that it would ever put a touchscreen into one of its laptops.

“The glaring gap is still the lack of touchscreen capability and cellular support” in the MacBook, Wood says. “I'm interested to know when and how that changes. It could be that the next disruption comes when Apple can add 5G into the MacBook range."File management on the iPad is improving, but it has a ways to go before it exhibits the ease of a desktop environment.A look at Apple's software strategy shows the company sees its mobile and desktop platforms as not too dissimilar.

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