"no DVI or HDMI" = FAIL.

What exactly can you connect this to? A 10 year old CRT that sucks 5x the power the computer does?

"All the mini ITX boards on NewEgg are just under $200. That's a hell of a profit margin there. :p"

Um ... I looked up the list of mini-ITX/CPU/GPU combination boards on NewEgg and it lists 18 options, only one of which is over $200. Actually that one board is the only one in any form factor over $200.

I think you were looking at the mini-ITX Socket M chipsets, which are around this price. Different thing altogether.

"You can buy an off the shelf Atom kit, the D945GCLF, for a pittance (about $65) and that’ll get you the mini-ITX format board and the CPU itself."

All the mini ITX boards on NewEgg are just under $200. That's a hell of a profit margin there. :p

Cheers,
John