Tim Cook says “no merge between iOS and Mac OS X”

iOS/MacOS X convergence is one of those topics that gets thrown around a lot, in tech circles, often used as a conversation starter, but never really taken seriously.

Yet again, Tim Cook has reportedly shut down, once again, rumors of Apple looking to merge its mobile and desktop operating systems, “a-la Windows 10”, during an interview hosted by Box CEO Aaron Levie, at the BoxWorks event in San Francisco.

"We think it subtracts from both, and you don't get the best experience from either. We're very much focused on two.", Cook commented, and justifiably so, at least so far.

As it stands today, Tim Cook’s Apple seems to be very much focused on keeping iOS and Mac OS X two separate entities.

The Apple MacBook will not run iOS, and no matter what size of iPad we’ll see in the future, the Mac OS X isn’t likely to run on ARM-based devices, anytime soon, even if they work together, and may feature a number of similarities in user experience, but at least according to Cook, they will not merge.

Having said that, numerous statements made by Steve Jobs have been later on overturned by Tim Cook. By this token, it’s at the very least entertaining to speculate that the next CEO of the Cupertino tech giant, could take a much different approach, and just make “iOS X” happen.

The introduction of the iPad Pro, so glaringly resemblant of the Microsoft Surface Pro, has revived questions about how strong this duality is, and whether it’s a matter of time, before Apple evolves into something different, yet again.

It’s worth noting that the first historical change for Apple, was when Steve Jobs discontinued the Newton PDA, in 1997, while the slogan “Think Different” was coined, setting the pace for a company which would continue to evolve and change, in unpredictable ways, like a living organism, with its own mind, no matter who is at the helm.