Thanks! more people like you are needed (who will buy a competitive product) to get Apple to respond. It happened with 7" tablets. It happened with phablets. The more successful that 2-in-1 hybrids and Surface in the market, the more Apple will take notice and produce one of their own.I would say the Ipad will be dead in a few years time, you just have to look at the progression windows is making. Tablets that are getting as small and thin as the ipad, yet have the functionality of a true computer.
iPads have awesome hardware, but the software is basic as hell.
I'm gonna get the surface pro 4 if/when it comes out.