It would seem that the beagle board (beagleboard.org) would be way better than this thing in all metrics besides maybe power: 1. Not hacked together by you (not gonna break so fast) 2. 600+MHz ARM processor 3. USB(2?) port. Hook up a hard drive! 4. Monitor hookup 5. Runs linux. Just install a lightweight server.

And about $130.

for not much more ($200) I built a "real" mini-ITX computer.. http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/01/25/diy-200-dollar-pc