I have been an avid tablet user for several years now. I love mine and couldn’t live without it. If you are interested in a tablet the one feature that outweighs all others exponentially is battery life. Most than speed, memory, bells and wistles - battery life is most important. A tablet is above all things portable and that advantage ends as soon as your battery runs out.
I’ve always preferred laptops/ tablets over regular desktops. From my experience, manufacturers seems to pay more attention to quality in laptops than on desktops. I’ve rarely had a laptop OS crash. They somehow seem to perform better than desktops of a similar configuration.
For me, battery life is important, but I’m usually using my laptop with the adapter cord plugged in. 12-cell battery packs typically provide over 5 hrs of battery use.