Steve Jobs said in 2010 that “touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical,” and that “your arm wants to fall off.”

When an analyst asked whether Apple would merge tablets and laptops like Microsoft was doing with Windows 8, Tim Cook said in April 2012, “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those aren’t going to be pleasing to the user.”

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