They were never crippled, there were just no apps making use of that performance at that point, their vision's still the same as it is today IMO. Now there's a

They were never crippled, there were just no apps making use of that performance at that point, their vision's still the same as it is today IMO. Now there's a lot of pretty good apps for video editing, CAD, etc. Of course we computer enthusiasts feel the iPad is still restricted in a lot of ways, but a lot of younger consumers genuinely want the iPad experience, which is why I presume this new feature can be toggled on and off, and why we're probably never getting macOS on an iPad.