I'm thinking about this as a substitute for cheap little embedded systems like soekrises, used for lightweight server tasks.
The major advantages that I see over current tiny systems:
- built in monitor + keyboard
- built-in ups
- more commoditization
You also get the low power, low noise, smallness, etc advantages. You lose the potential for multiple ethernet connections, but that's fine if you're not routing/firewalling or can use vlans or usb adapters. I expect speed and reliability will improve over the next few years as flash drives continue to improve and get cheaper.
Is this a good/bad idea? Has anyone else done this?