The solution is to combine macOS and ipadOS on the iPad. So you can run iOS apps and macOS apps when one or the other is appropriate. It maybe sounds weird bu

The solution is to combine macOS and ipadOS on the iPad. So you can run iOS apps and macOS apps when one or the other is appropriate. It maybe sounds weird but I have an Samsung tablet with Dex so I have experienced a little bit what this could be like. Without the keyboard attached, I run in regular Android mode but when I really want to get work done I connect a keyboard/mouse and switch to Dex to get a desktop experience. The downside to Dex is that the apps are still Android apps. But with macOS, you could have full Mac desktop apps running in a similar mode. Besides the obvious reasons you mention above for why Apple doesn't put MacOS on the iPad, I think the other reason is slightly alluded to in the article: The device is not designed for that kind of computing in terms of battery size and thermal design. They've carefully constructed it to work with iOS.