I’ve been waiting for the prices to drop on the Wacom Cintiq (as my Intuos is getting long in the tooth) or for Wacom to release different flavors of their tablet/monitor/input device. They just have.
Pick up the 12wx for a grand. Get yourself a Mac Mini or shuttle PC and you have one low-footprint mini-design station, where you can input directly on-screen for less than the price of a big bulky tower (not counting the cost for the monitor or traditional Wacom tablet).
I can also imagine utilizing these guys in in-store or environmental installations. I can’t wait to get my hands on one (or 10)…