For me, my NIT pretty much has replaced my need for a laptop. But there are still some annoyances:

1) I don't like being constrained to the small screen even when I'm at a desktop. Some form of remote display to my desktop machine, or video-out (or both would be ideal). Being able to display the NIT's screen as a window on my desktop would be great ... but just including VNC Server in the base distribution wouldn't be enough: it needs to have encryption built in.

1b) a bluetooth keyboard is nice, but I'd still like to have an actual, easy to use, USB Host slot for bluetooth keyboard and mouse (which also means mouse support in the base product).

2) Some basic productivity apps, all of which are syncable to my desktop (or to Google): Calendar, Contacts, Todo, real IMAP email, Word Processor*, Spread Sheet*. (* even if they're just viewers, and not editors) All included in the basic OS, all fully integrated with everything else on this list. Modest is getting there in fixing the IMAP client problem... but I shouldn't need to add on things like GPE and Erming ... especially when the GPE stuff doesn't appear to use the included contacts app.

3) the included Xterm app really needs to be replaced with the enhanced xterm. It doesn't remember your settings (toolbar or no toolbar, etc.). It doesn't let you set the background text color (I'd definitely prefer white text on a black background). It's nice that they finally included it with OS2008 ... but they included the wrong implementation. (it would also be nice if there was an easy way to select 80x24, since the resolution ought to support it; but I don't now what font and font size you need in order to get that)


From there, it would probably replace my home desktop (I'd only need my home server) as well as mean that I'd never really look at a laptop again. But I'd still have my desktop at work. Though, my home desktop might get replaced by a very thin client or KVM switch (depending on the display options for #1) (the KVM would be sharing the home server's monitor/keyboard/mouse with the NIT, for when I want to work on a larger keyboard and display).

But, that's really all I need a laptop for at this point: a larger display, and a larger keyboard, than the NIT. Well, at some point, maybe also more storage space. But that could be handled with Bluetooth HDD/SDD devices.