On Tuesday 04 Aug 2009 3:54:59 pm Gary Dunn wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 08:33 +0530, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 Aug 2009 4:07:00 am Gary Dunn wrote:
> Sounds like a laptop and a docking station, minus display and keyboard.
> Not so far from an Apple Mac mini.
I was thinking more along the lines of "smartbook" except that the "book" is 
not smart at all. I am not convinced that pens are useful as a primary device 
for input for general purpose computing. It is very tiring.

If the processor unit is swappable then I can choose one (or even rent one) 
which is most appropriate for my current needs. I can plugin a Cortex SoC 
while watching movies and then switch to Gumstix for clearing my email.

I have been carrying Etoys on a stick for more than two years now plugging it 
into Linux, Mac and Wintel boxes and even into a ARM-based handheld. Others 
find it hard to believe that I can switch so easily across diverse machines and 
instruction sets. There is enough value in the bag of bits that it is worth 
slapping a console on it.

Subbu