Thanks Swordmaker and Ernest_at_the_Beach.
...not unlike what Intel is trying to achieve with its future "Moorestown" Atom processor that debuted inside LG's Smartphone.
I recall reading how, when Jobs got done agreeing to buy what was then the next-gen 68K family chip, he told Motorola's people, "I'll sure be glad to be rid of you." :') The iPad was only made possible by a chip with the capabilities (including low power consumption) that could satisfy this guy. :') I was looking around for deals (last ones, display models, in Macs of course) at the Big Box store tonight, found nothin', and cruised the netbooks. That was a busy aisle, had to come at it from the back end. Anyway, there's an Atom-based desktop unit (I forget which manufacturer, but I think it was Acer) that stands on end, is about an inch wide and six square, $199.
Earlier I went to the Apple store, and it was PACKED. No floor model of the iPad though, which is really what I wanted to check out.