We got flat screen monitors with the laptops. We got less power-mad components. We got two hour batteries. We got compact disc players/writers and floppy drives. They all fit into a small laptop. Why can't somebody put these into a desktop unit, or better yet, assemble the computer parts behind and under a flat screen monitor, with the battery for the heavy base. Plug in generic keyboard, mouse, scanner, printer and speakers. Laptops can have as much speed and memory as the desktops do now. I just think there would be a market for a desk computer that is immune to power failure. They could put two batteries in the base, one for the large flat screen monitor, one for the computer.
Cost would be higher than the off-the-shelf desk tops, but shouldn't be as much as the laptops are now.
