On #2, I've been really impressed with using ChromeOS's 'Linux Shell' I actually went out and bought a Chromebook Pixel LS and have been able to easily replace

On #2, I've been really impressed with using ChromeOS's 'Linux Shell' I actually went out and bought a Chromebook Pixel LS and have been able to easily replace my work MacBook with it, love the 3:2 display and bits of the cleverness. Lenovo has a new tablet hybrid that might meet your needs. The Android App keyboard support sucks but the Linux stuff works great and for just content browsing and web work, Chrome OS comes pretty close to iPadOS or a Mac, it's very much a two headed monster of sorts. The problem with competing with the iPad is just how hilariously advanced Apple is in the category of basic use. It's shocking really just how good the technical engineering side of their work is. The iPad Pro honest to goodness runs at 120 FPS with a less than 10ms pencil input response rate in a 6mm package with Core i7 Level CPU performance at ~$650. Microsoft can't currently match those numbers in a Windows based product, Google couldn't come close with the pixel Slate. Apple's $330 product outperforms the average laptop so doing something competitive in open source levels for under $200 is hard as heck to impossible just for things like 'open an app' and the bar is so high due to phones, people expect touch to compete with a $1000 phone (and rightfully so, they are great!).