Apple’s iPadOS 26 updates make the iPad look like a Mac, but why stop there? CNET’s Bridget Carey and Scott Stein poke at what it will take for an iPad to truly replace a MacBook — and how Apple can pull it off.
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The iPad Is Almost A Mac Now. Time To Finish The Job https://zdcs.link/a037xN
0:00 The problem with the iPad
1:16 iPadOS 26 makes the iPad more like a Mac
2:24 CNET’s Scott Stein talks iPadOS 26
3:33 iPad vs Mac
3:50 What’s a computer?
4:09 Bridget’s final thoughts
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