iPad Pros with M1s, more RAM, Thunderbolt, and 6K display support make me want to double-down on a crazy idea that I was already thinking about: macOS on iPad, but not in the way you are probably imagining.

Imagine working on an iPad. It works much like an iPad today. It’s running iPadOS, is optimized for touch and has apps in different screens. Now imagine connecting that iPad to a 6K display. Full screen apps are absurd on such a large screen. Instead, imagine apps running on the iPad are now mirrored in macOS as separate windows, which can still be optionally full screened. The screen on the iPad is still in iPadOS, and you can even use touch or the Apple Pencil. Input from either interface updates the other in real time.

I don’t think we will actually see this because it doesn’t seem elegant enough to actually work, but the thought is very intriguing to me, especially now that iPad and Mac hardware are almost identical.