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Re:Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac by jclardy on Monday September 24, 2018 @11:37AM (#18058574)
I think the biggest problem comes from supporting external displays. For me to fully swap to iOS as a development platform (ignoring missing software currently) I would need to be able to plug into a larger display at some point, and have a way of controlling apps on that display without using touch at all.
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Re:Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac by bunderbunder on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:13PM (#18058894)
Once you get to that point, though, it seems like what you're really looking for is a computer and not a mobile device.

Perhaps what's missing is not an iPad with mouse support, but a Mac with a more Surface-like form factor.

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Re:Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac by petecox on Monday September 24, 2018 @07:54PM (#18062496)
I'm posting using a wireless mouse and USB keyboard from my Android desktop, a 4K tv box.

Android does support mouse input; Apple can at any time release a typecover for iPad with a trackpad. They choose not to.

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Re:Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac by scarface74 on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:16PM (#18059460)
iOS already supports two displays with AirPlay. You can have a separate image on the device and the display.
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