And yet again, open source wins over closed architecture.

Perhaps when Google decides (as they probably will) to enter the market?

Would this make the decision a bit easier? http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml

I can't argue with that, but the Courier seems like a wild departure from the normal Windows equation: http://bit.ly/9pTSUr

The HP Slate seems like a good candidate. It'll be running normal W7 and subsequently be able to run any boardgame programs. I'm still waiting to see how Courier will turn out though.

"You'd never have to worry about the dog crashing into the table and knocking your vehicles around, you could play against an AI, and you could flip over to another window to go shopping at Uncle Albert's, all the way back (or, uh, forward) to the fantastic 2037 catalog." The Mobile OSX platform doesn't allow multitasking like this. I think you're thinking more of webOS.

It's things like this the popular media should focus on more; instead of ostracizing video games for promoting violence, they should instead recognize that video games promote more good things than bad. I think it's a sad tragedy that today, video games are seen as a 'nerdist' or 'violent person' type of thing instead of an 'all kinds of people' type of thing. Even politicians have ripped into video games to garner popular support (Hillary Clinton, Jack Thompson), making illogical accusations to the industry and hiding the true beauty of the games they criticize. I wish more people understood that. I only wish I could attend cons (only 15 with not viable source of income :/)