Lots of people in here talking about trying to use to a tablet for productivity, but finding iPad OS a bit lacking. I'd cautiously suggest you check out the Samsung Tab S7(+).
It is likely considered a worse tablet by many, but Samsung Dex [1] actually works quite well and using something like UserLAnd [2] you can have a full Linux environment (without root). I'm still experimenting a bit with the latter, but seeing that Android is still Linux under the hood I'm expecting it to work out in the end. I plan to run code-server [3] on it which would provide a full IDE.
Seconded. I got my S7+ two months ago and havent used my (otherwise beloved) thinkpad since. It is incredibly fast and super responsive, especially the pen! Also the (OLED) screen is naturally gorgeous and the microSD slot a nice bonus.
As for apps I mostly use OneDrive, Office, Teams, Termux and Total Commander. Samsungs Browser is also pretty nice, the automatic dark mode is amazing and it has quite good integrated adblock options.
One small question: how is the front facing camera? One of my necessary uses for a tablet would be video conferencing because the camera on my ThinkPad is not so good.
I think it's pretty good? Certainly better than what I expect of an average (non-Mac) laptop. It is placed on the long side of the screen, which makes sense if you want to use it for video conferencing (in contrast to the iPad, which has the camera on the short side).
It is likely considered a worse tablet by many, but Samsung Dex [1] actually works quite well and using something like UserLAnd [2] you can have a full Linux environment (without root). I'm still experimenting a bit with the latter, but seeing that Android is still Linux under the hood I'm expecting it to work out in the end. I plan to run code-server [3] on it which would provide a full IDE.
[1]: https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/
[2]: https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd
[3]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server