[LAU] Took the leap and ordered an Intel Mini-ITX

[Ken Restivo]

After following the thread here about laptop survival rates live, I've decided to roll my own ruggedized embedded softsynth box:

http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/a-more-portable-setup

I'd appreciate any advice anyone here might have to share regarding this adventure.

I'm particularly curious about storage options. I'd rather not put in a spinning hard drive, and go with some kind of flash drive with an ATA or SATA interface, if such things exist. 

-ken