Apple patent shows Mac OS X and iOS living in harmony

It's been rumored for a while that Apple would ditch OS X for their full-fledged computers and go with a version of iOS instead. According to this Apple patent though, Apple could be going with both systems, and the idea in the patent looks pretty good to us.

It would work like this, you'd have an iMac that works like normal. The trick is the iMac has an accelerometer that switches it into iOS mode when you tilt the screen back far enough.

This patent seems to solve the problem of making iOS work on the desktop. For your regular work; word processing, graphic design, etc., you'd us the iMac in OS X mode. Then for games, reading, and widgets, you'd tilt it back to go into iOS mode. 

The patent also details how it would work on a Macbook, instead of tilting the screen, it would lie flat with the screen facing up, similar to convertible tablets out there already.

Seems like a pretty good idea to us. Personally I'd love to play some Angry Birds on a giant iMac screen.

[Patently Apple]