Tim Cook Says He Doesn’t Want To Merge MacOS And iOS, Sort Of

The MacOS and the iOS are two different operating systems intended for two different sets of products that are made by Apple. One works on laptops and computers, while the other works on iPhones and iPads. Responding to recent reports that Apple was thinking of combining the two, CEO Tim Cook said recently that this was not the case. However, some analysts are not entirely convinced.

Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Cook tried to assure Apple fans that the company had no plans on merging its two main OS products. He said that it would involve too much compromise to make the final product as appealing as either one of the two originals.

“We don't believe in sort of watering down one for the other. Both [the Mac and iPad] are incredible. One of the reasons that both of them are incredible is because we pushed them to do what they do well. And if you begin to merge the two... you begin to make trade-offs and compromises,” Cook said.

“So maybe the company would be more efficient at the end of the day. But that's not what it's about. You know it's about giving people things that they can then use to help them change the world or express their passion or express their creativity. So this merger thing that some folks are fixated on, I don't think that's what users want.”

On that note, while many publications are taking this to mean that the rumor has been quashed, Ars Technica is of the opinion that this is not necessarily the case. Apparently, developing apps that can work on both the MacOS and iOS don’t have to require the merging of the two.

What the statement from Cook does provide illumination on is the probable creation of a new processor based on ARM. This would result in bridging the gap between both OS platforms without necessarily making them one and the same.