I agree 100% about big monitors and keyboards for chair-and-desk situations. In fact, I’ll take this opportunity to remind everyone that we now have incredible 42” IPS 4K monitors, like this one by Dell:

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Monitor-43-Multi-Client-P4317Q/d...

(I use this for work, and absolutely love it.)

For portable use though, I think an iPad could very well be superior to modern laptops. The hardware of Apple’s iPad Pro is certainly well beyond that of ultraportable laptops on the market now. The only missing piece is the software.