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Does the iPad not support a keyboard and mouse to be used like a laptop?



By default it comes with neither and most iPad users probably don’t add them.


That's wasn't the point.

And what if I want to add them? Most likely other users would to if the SW support was there and you could run Mac apps on the iPad once you connected the keyboard and mouse.


I think I wasn’t very clear when I said “support”, my bad. Trying again…

Apps made for keyboard and mouse suck on touch&pen devices and vice versa (even if the device is basically able to run both) because most devs pick just one mode of interaction and optimize their UI for it, while the other mode is just “supported” as an afterthought.

That’s why I believe Apple decided to have separate devices for each mode of interaction, each with its own distinct OS&app ecosystem.




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