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# Improving the iPad By Making it an iMac
- URL: https://www.justinw.me/blog/looking-backwards/
- Published: 2017-02-23T22:17:32.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-23T22:17:32.000Z
- Author: Justin Williams
- Tags: Apple

Jason Snell on [“improving” iOS for the iPad](http://www.macworld.com/article/3173253/ios/for-a-bigger-ipad-to-work-ios-needs-some-interface-improvements.html?ref=justinw.me):

> Will we see a 20-plus-inch iOS desktop with a windowed interface anytime soon? I doubt it–but I could imagine one existing in the next three or four years. And I have to be honest, I’d be intrigued by the idea of replacing my 5K iMac with one. It just needs to be able to run a bunch of apps at once, and let me arrange them in a way that works for me.

Tabbed interfaces, multiple windows, and a laptop form factor? If he had just mentioned needing a file system, I would have hit BINGO.