You're wrong about it not being useful for other than consumption. I have a 12.9 inch Pro and a good bluetooth keyboard. I can mostly replace my mac book pro as

You're wrong about it not being useful for other than consumption. I have a 12.9 inch Pro and a good bluetooth keyboard. I can mostly replace my mac book pro as a server side dev. I have great ssh clients, Coda is a very good editor, a good git client, all the communication tools I need, etc... Mostly it's just making small changes to your workflow to fit the new environment. Lot's of artists and musicians also create on iPads, so it may not be useful to you but others find it useful. I agree it's not likely to replace laptops in the next couple of years for everyone but plenty of people make it work now.