It's super cool, but then, the question becomes: why?
The eGPU enclosure isn't portable, so at that point, you could just plug it into a linux mini-pc. What's the benefit of using an iPad here?
For people who prefer a touchscreen input over a laptop, and if they'd want to do agentic work, or perhaps text to speech, image generation, music production, fancy spellcheck while traveling?
Does a hacker need to explain why they wired up 10 thingamajigs and made them go beep boop?