[prophetjohn]

The difference is that an iPad docked to a keyboard isn't a fully functioning laptop. It seems like the author is looking for (for instance) a device that runs OS X, with all the power of a MBA when in laptop mode, but once you detach the screen runs iOS and has limited functionality. So maybe the author really just has a problem with the limited capabilities of iOS and the performance difference between an iPad and a MBP.

[moonchrome]

Sounds like the "keyboard" would then have to have special hardware (pricey/not efficient) or the pad would have to have multicore/scalable hardware that draws more power when connected to the "keyboard" and the keyboard could have extra hardware like more storage and IO ports and a PSU/high capacity battery. It would be cool to merge this concept with something like padphone - sort of a Russian doll concept :) And the ARM manufacturers seem to be going that route for performance anyway - adding cores/disabling them for power saving. I assume the same concept could be applied to memory and GPU.

[ugh]

Ok, that might be what the author wants and needs, but why does he claim to be able to tell everyone else what they want? That seems kinda self-important to me. Your own experience is not necessarily that of everyone else.