Basically a lightweight, handheld, kiosk computer. It is what Microsoft's Origami should have been. Although now you bring it up, I don't know the biggest reas

Basically a lightweight, handheld, kiosk computer. It is what Microsoft's Origami should have been. Although now you bring it up, I don't know the biggest reason behind Origami's failure. Maybe I overestimate its usefulness. I can see Walmart and such taking a big interest though, for inventory control and also modified for in-store use. But you may be right. As for the packaging, unless Apple is truly the one that started this kind of packaging (which I doubt, but could be wrong, but also wouldn't care), it doesn't strike me as an Apple rip. To me, they're all obnoxious... to hell with the "experience" :-P