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PCs in the Living Room?
mwebert asks: "OK. I figure a large number of my fellow Slashdot readers have encountered this same scenario, so please respond. Right now, we keep our Dell Inspiron notebook on the corner of our coffee table in the center of our living room, accessing our home wireless network, and allowing the user to see the TV and multitask their little heart out. (Yay, IMDB!) That said, sitting on the edge of the couch (or worse, the floor) is getting old fast. Of course, I could get a true desk, but I don't want it to face the wall or corner, and I don't want it to turn the decor of my living room into a dentist's office reception area. I'm looking for a handsome (yet unobtrusive and functional) rolling workstation, preferably with a shelf/drawer or two. I've checked out http://www.anthro.com/ - but their offerings look pretty utilitarian, don't they? Any other ideas?"
I've been using a computer for the last few years that is built around an ATI All-In-Wonder graphics card. The ATI card came with a remote control that, not only controls the media features, but works as a mouse too. Sometimes the remote can be slow, but as an alternative I use a gyro mouse from gyration. You can use the mouse in mid air. I use the television as a monitor, utilizing the tv-out feature of the graphics card. The computer is currently the only one in the house that runs WinDozeXP. I would love to convert it to run on linux, but I haven't had the time recently. It should work just fine under linux using mythTV. Hope that helps!