I use my iPad with macOS all the time.
My Mac mini is connected with all the peripherals etc, at my desk. It’s a bit like a powerful dock for the iPad. When I need or want Mac OS, I either plug it in and use sidecar or remote in to it.
This seems a much more ‘power user’ method than trying to wedge macos onto a tiny form factor tablet with one usbc port.
I suppose each of us has a different definition of what a power user may be. Mine is not someone who is happy to run macOS on a port limited tablet - as is evidenced by the constant threads whinging about Mac port options.
Anyway - I’m happy with my fairly modular system.
That's exactly what I do too, simply because it's the only thing that is possible now (remoting into MacOS/Windows, and using the tablet as a second screen with sidecar, os some of the (more powerful) thirld party solutions). That's actually what I do most with iPads, more than using iPadOS itself.
I even tried to have my cellular iPad pro 11 as my on the go device with jump desktop (since sidecar is an option only at home, unless you also bring a MacBook).
Problem is cellular connection is not always good or even available inside certain buildings, and to be honest the iPad without Internet is a much less capable device that a Mac or Windows laptop is in the same condition. This is because a laptop has all my cloud files available locally and all my desktop apps ready to work without internet. So I gave up the idea and bought a cellular Thinkpad for on the go. Now my iPads are mainly home devices used as accessory for my desktops and as remote clients, or used as second screens on the go when I need to be more pruductive and need dual monitor.
If I could run MacOS virtually, from iPadOS, or even in dual boot when the internet connection is too poor or absent, the iPad could have been my only on the go device. I don't need more than 1 USB C port on the go and if I do a small hub will do.
