I'm suprised nobody has talked about "remote desktop" possibilities on iPad

This isn't a "virtualization possibility" for the iPad; it's a remote desktop client. The iPad has a fast but simple single-core ARM CPU, without the ISA extensions that make virtualization reasonably fast on modern Intel and AMD desktop + server kit. Virtualization would be painfully slow, and furthermore, rather useless unless virtual machines were allowed to run in the background.

I wish Apple would release a version of their Workgroup Manager, Remote Desktop, and Server Admin for the iPad. Add one the third part ssh clients, and the would make for a much nicer life,