by Jason Snell
Federico Viticci’s self-made Mac convertible
If you haven’t already seen it, well, this is a sentence that happens early in Federico Viticci’s opus about exploring differently shaped macOS and iOS devices:
Alright, so obviously the first step of the process is to physically remove the screen from a MacBook, right?
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Some people will call this a silly stunt, but the truth is that for years Federico has been exploring (and pushing) the edges of Apple’s platforms so the rest of us don’t have to. He’s an ergonomic astronaut, floating away into strange places where no one (outside of rooms in Cupertino with blackened windows) has gone before.
In this case, my biggest takeaway is that Apple needs to get weird and explore different ways to mix its hardware and software. The MacBook Air is a solved problem—but there may be some as-yet-unsolved use cases out there.
The other thing that struck me about Federico’s story is that he’s made a pretty great Vision Pro accessory. I’d love a keyboard and trackpad in a single slab to use with the Vision Pro… and what a great bonus if it had a Mac inside it, too!