This saddens me but I understand it. Adoption of PKI for email in this multi-standard, multi-client fashion was just too difficult for the average email user. Yes, I usually have one or two accounts for secure messaging and I do use Thawte (I am a Notary) but it just doesn't work for most unless there is someone to walk them through. As much as I am aggravated by Lotus Notes, they self contained system (part of my aggravation) was able to pull this off 10 years ago and is still really the only app that I have seen do PKI well. Unfortunately it doesn't do a lot of other things very well.

I do see what you mean. I started pricing the smaller motherboards, tiny cases (around the size of the Mac mini), memory and displays. Displays and memory are the same prices and I didn't feel the need to factor in keyboards and mice. My suprise was the motherboards and cases were the real victims of what you talk about in your response. They are the ones that throw it askew. If I got a regular motherboard and case then I am a hard drive away from a standard PC.