Sure, it would be nice to bust free and that will happen with time. In the mean time is there a smaller step that could be great for consumers? I'm thinking so and in fact some will view it as a step backwards, but in fact, for many users it's all that's needed and would be appreciated.

A product that is totally missing from the marketplace is a "Dumb Laptop".

• A Whisker Thin Client

• A Laptop Husk

This device has no mother board or major functional devices in it at all. It's just a hub.

Ideally it gets all it's data and power from a single USB 3.0 connection. Worst case, there may be two cables connected. A USB 3.0 and some type of power cable, which can be bunded together by the consumer or with simple wraps feeding two ports on the device.

There is a new age in Digital Mini Computers where they are 5x5x2" for example

• They have no power supply.

• They require being plugged in at all times,

• What they don't have is all the other features of a laptop

  • Laptop Case with Keyboard and Monitor

  • Ports for peripherals

  • Track pad (optional)

  • Camera and Mic (optional)

  • Speakers (optional)

  • Battery (not part of the gig due to power management complexities)

An initial chat was about a franken laptop with the mini computer box built in. That was before I had a full understanding of usb 3.0 and it's ability to carry power too and before I realized the issues with power management of Batteries.

If remove the idea of batteries from the mix, and just count on needing power

• Can a single usb 3.0 cable be run for power and all data from a computer to a laptop husk?

• if so, we build/provide Laptop Husks (Whisker Clients)

• if not, we just need a combo cable (composite cable) OR we can run power to the laptop husk first?

All we have then is a laptop with an "over sized power supply" that really isn't a powersupply at all. That box is the computer and it has to have power provided to it at all times.

OR we end up with a slightly differrent caable chain less ideal but for office setups it might be fine...

Every mini computer out there could benefit from the ability to get connected to a Whisker thin Client / Laptop Husk. Not just our Chrome 0/S devices.

** - our Mini Computer and/or Whisker thin client needs to support Two Monitors at a minimum and Three would be even better.

Wellness Office Use - One Mini per Workstation - The mini could be plugged into a keyboard monitor and mouse just like a raspberry Pi. All the cabling is the eye sore but it can work. Instead however, the mini is connected to a Dumb Laptop / Whisker Client via 1 USB or a USB and power cable and the laptop acts as hub.

Wellness Office Use - One Mini Per multiple Locations - Imagine Rics office. He has that laptop in the hall. Imagine he'd also like to have one just on the other side of that wall but only needs it there 2x a week. One mini sitting with the outside machine could feed both locations.

1. The mini has a USB 3.0 hub on it. One wire runs to the outer computer. Another runs to inside the room. On the occasion when he needs that unit in the room, he unplugs from the USB 3.0 wire outside, walks in the room and plugs into the 3.0 wire that is just sitting in the room unused.

2. Alternatively you could two laptops, one in each location and you could just plug in or unplug the ones you wanted to use when you wanted them or you have a small USB 3.0 switcher box for signal to unit on or unit 2.

3. This could also be scaled within the limits of wire length for USB 3.0. I've had USB 2.0 at 20-25" I recall. Can imagine this may be the same or maybe much shorter. If longer, you could network an entire office and run it from one or a few mini pcs much like the older server days .

Mobile Use -- Mount he mini pic under seat or in trunk. Run usb 3.0 out. Plug in. if the whisker client stolen , nothing on it and not much to loose.

This isn't just for our chrome o/s boxes. Any/all boxes should be able to connect. It's just a hub for peripherals.

** - Our Chrome o/s boxes should be able to handle 2 monitors minimum with 3 preferred.