I think the niche for these tiny PCs is for embedded controllers... which don't need a keyboard or monitor. Although I'd guess for long-term battery operation (

I think the niche for these tiny PCs is for embedded controllers... which don't need a keyboard or monitor. Although I'd guess for long-term battery operation (eg in remote applications), 5W is much too power-hungry. Incidentally, I'm typing this on a eee PC, which has 4GB of flash for storage... also, it runs at 600MHz (slightly faster than the 500 in the article), and webrowsing is (mostly) fine.