Apple Excludes Solely ARM-Based or Touchscreen Macs on Its Plans

The famous iPhone maker, Apple, has confirmed that it slashed the idea of creating a touchscreen Macs or those powered by solely ARM-based laptops. On a recent discussion with some reporters in California, the firm said it will refrain from using the same processors being used on iPhone and iPad with its MacBook products.

Asked about the possibility of utilizing solely ARM-based or touchscreen Macs, the company's head of marketing, Phil Schiller, quickly sacked the idea about plans of pulling off such move. He, however, stressed that Apple executives are leaving the door open for using Arm chips as devices' companion processors, a technology initially introduced in the T1 processor of the latest MacBook Pro, which is responsible for powering the keyboard's Touch Bar.

Based on fresh reports, instead of touchscreen Macs, the solely Arm-based chips will be used in the next feature dubbed as "Power Nap." According to Apple engineers, this next development will allow users in retrieving past emails, installing updates for their software as well as organizing appointment and calendars even when the display is not in use, a feature that MacBook users may enjoy this year.

In relation to the recent report, it is now the second time that the marketing chief ditched out the plans on having solely Arm-based or touchscreen Macs. Apple conducted an experiment on touchscreen Macs last November and Schiller pointed out that "it was not the right thing to do" as it did not match the belief of the tech firm.

He said that one cannot imagine reaching the 27-inch iMac to touch and try to do things, calling the touchscreen Macs an "absurd" idea. The Apple marketing head reiterated that using the sArm-based based chips for laptops would give a different experience for pointer device users. He ended that optimizing both could be the lowest common denominator thinking.