Personally I&#x27;m using a similar form factor atom-based stick in a body-worn computer to handle animatronics and lighting for a costuming project. The Raspberry Pi isn&#x27;t powerful enough to handle the tasks that I need to do, and the $100 price is a lot cheaper than industrial boards.<p>For a home-based solution, it seems like a solution for non-hackers to set up a computer for the kids, etc that they don&#x27;t have to worry about. For schools, it&#x27;s a cheap way to turn surplus monitors into computers for student use. For an office type layout, I can see these as being useful for people who don&#x27;t need more than google apps and the like. If there&#x27;s a problem, a reboot will fix it, if it&#x27;s more than that, the help desk person can just pull a replacement out of their pocket. Tiny&#x27;s pretty useful when you need to deal with the logistics of a few hundred desktops throughout their lifespan.