Personally I'm using a similar form factor atom-based stick in a body-worn computer to handle animatronics and lighting for a costuming project. The Raspberry P

Personally I'm using a similar form factor atom-based stick in a body-worn computer to handle animatronics and lighting for a costuming project. The Raspberry Pi isn't powerful enough to handle the tasks that I need to do, and the $100 price is a lot cheaper than industrial boards. For a home-based solution, it seems like a solution for non-hackers to set up a computer for the kids, etc that they don't have to worry about. For schools, it's a cheap way to turn surplus monitors into computers for student use. For an office type layout, I can see these as being useful for people who don't need more than google apps and the like. If there's a problem, a reboot will fix it, if it's more than that, the help desk person can just pull a replacement out of their pocket. Tiny's pretty useful when you need to deal with the logistics of a few hundred desktops throughout their lifespan.