iPad versus Surface: Apple and Microsoft get closer to convergence

When Apple announced the new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro – which features a trackpad that users can use to drive a cursor around on the iPad screen – some pundits pointed out that at long last, Apple was admitting Microsoft was right after all when it designed the Surface with a keyboard and trackpad.

Except that’s not what happened. With iPad and Surface, Apple and Microsoft are both headed for the same destination – a new kind of computer that is just as at home as a touch tablet, with a stylus, or with a traditional keyboard and mouse. They’re just converging on it from opposite directions.

Go with your strengths

Both Microsoft and Apple are victims of their own success. They both start from very strong positions, but missing key features that you