I think given the specifications of these devices, the pricing, while definitely high, is not completely unreasonable for what the hardware can do - these iPads

I think given the specifications of these devices, the pricing, while definitely high, is not completely unreasonable for what the hardware can do - these iPads do things no currently shipping Mac notebook can - 120hz refresh, 240hz touch/pen tracking, FaceID, performance in similar ballpark to a $3k MacBook Pro while passively cooled (!) etc etc. Totally agree, and if they had XCode or a decent native C# IDE on there I'd be at an Apple store right now forking over fist fulls of cash.