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Woah, this is new! A version of Mac OSX running on a iPhone/iPad CPU.
Not new, the Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit had an A12. And of course the M-series is based on the A-series, so in a way they've always been iPhone/iPad chips.
They're clearly going for the same thing on all devices at some point. There's a lot of money to be made locking shit down and keeping your users hostage.
So a glorified tablet?
It’s a Chromebook alternative.
If its the full macOS, I don't think we can say that. That's what makes this so interesting as it is a first of its kind.
Now, if it performs like a dog compared to an equivalent spec M3 or M4 Macbook Air, then we probably could call it a glorified tablet.