The problem with the iPad as as many have pointed out is that the software hampers what it can do unless you’re willing to contort yourself into a very specific workflow. For most casual users those limitations aren’t an issue and the advantages of the form factor outweigh the deficits. But when you charge MBPro money for a device the trade-offs sting. As @jsnell says, the best solution would be to just let us virtualize macOS on an iPad Pro when using it in certain modes https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/the-ipad-pro-is-no-longer-the-future-so-whats-next/
The iPad Pro is no longer the future, so what’s next?

iPad Pro and keyboard, circa its October 2018 announcement. It’s hard to believe that it was more than five and a half years ago that I flew home from a New York Apple event, my mind spinning…

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@film_girl @jsnell The iPad and accessories are my ideal computing device. It is such a great package. The only thing keeping it from being near perfect is that when docked to a keyboard I would love it to go into a more MacOS like mode.
Every time they try and add desktop like features to the iPad they make it more complicated and clunky than it needs to be.
@RickWilliams @film_girl I think you've summed it up pretty well.