I'm actually starting to look at ARM SOCs for PC replacement. It may be a bit early (the best right now is the GuruPlug Display @ 124 euros: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-4-guruplugs.aspx), but for all back-end apops (torrents, servers, ...) and soon even front end (net, video, light office...) this looks quite interesting, and pays for itself in a matter of months with energy savings.

It was the Western Design Center, not Motorola. The chip in question was the 16-bit upgrade from the 6502 that Acorn had been using in most of their kit.

I'll get back to reading the rest of the article now.