[epicureanideal]

It seems Apple has some really good profit margins on it's hardware. So, in theory nothing is stopping System76 or a new competitor from introducing high quality iPad-like Unix systems.

[myrandomcomment]

...Except lack of design team to do all the custom design work that Apple does. The systems you talk about are assembled from off the shelf parts.

[ahakki]

Except that System76 or who ever would need to be capable of building iPad-like hardware. I really don‘t see that, at least not a a competitive price point.