This is compelling, ala apple-ish that in theory you get an os that sucks less, "just works", you get full android app suites, and run linux apps in more of a basic compat layer, which I'm almost good with if they behave the same (or better). This includes libreoffice, text editors, diff utils, file replcation (unison), maybe stream+games, etc.
I like the notion of the slate coming out for human interface, albeit pricey, and under powered at that to do what I can on my xps15 or like as a vm server too (more ram/ssd). I find I require full virtualization, running windoze, other appliance kvm vm's for various network vendor appliances, etc too is almost necessary for me still. If getting a good deal on a slate, it might be nice to try for doing basic linux gui apps if I can apt-get install everything I need to and expect it will work for basic user/office-y stuff.
Thanks in advance!
-mb