$1000 seems a little pricey, however, a grapefruit sized, sleek computer has a lot higher Wife Approval Factor than the "On Sale" computer case with red flashin

$1000 seems a little pricey, however, a grapefruit sized, sleek computer has a lot higher Wife Approval Factor than the "On Sale" computer case with red flashing LEDs I used for my server. Even at $900, I'm not getting one pre-sale, but something like this that sits comfortably on top of/beside my stereo might happen at some point. The video card is a 7660, so probably the highest end graphics you can get in something that isn't pulling more wattage. Something like this might make it into my living room at some point, but I'll have to see how it performs as an HTPC type of thing before committing. The SSD doesn't bother me so much, most content is streaming or going to be stored on a main server for me. Does it support airplay out of the box? I don't mind having to ssh in to get things to work right, but there's a lot to be said for something that "Just seems to work most of the time" for other household members. Edit: Looking around, it seems the amd R series is too new to have many reviews, but the 464 is the top 'APU' in the lineup and seems to be targeted at some of the i7 line from intel. There aren't many for sale retail, but just the cpu and a motherboard would run about $450 if my maths are right ($229 retail for the APU, ~175 pounds for a jetway motherboard). So, the form factor seems to be adding a really large premium. Adding in memory, disk, etc. I can see it getting to $1000. This is also a 35W system, while I still think $1000 is above my pain threshold, a 35W system doing full-on PC gaming is a little mind-blowing to those of us who remember when Pentium-based computer was a synonym for 400W 'space heater'.