[Azred]

What a handy tool--thank you for the find, SpiritWarrior.

I had this idea about three or four years ago that computers will soon get to the point where your operating system and user applications/files can be stored on a USB drive then you just plug the drive into a dumb terminal and your computer boots for you. The dumb terminal would be nothing more than a video card, some memory, and an attached monitor and other essential peripherals but your computer itself you carry with you. Of course, you want to make sure the dumb terminal doesn't have a hard drive or other way of copying/storing all your files and you damned sure better protect it from theft.

In my opinion this would be even more handy than a small laptop or netbook but it will never happen because of small laptops and netbooks--people already have those and are used to them so computers won't get much smaller...at least until your "monitor" becomes just a projection onto any available flat surface, possibly even a rollout screen that folds up into the keyboard.