Carl,
I've been starting to head over to the dark side of tablets lately rather than have full keyboard, mouse, and computer monitor sitting next to the listening chair... these tablets will all run some form of remote desktop apps so you can log into the audio PC itself sitting in the corner and control it if it is a Win7 box (and if you are using MPD as your client on one of those small Alix boxes running Linux, it has a web based interface so you can again use the tablet as your remote control)....
I've been a pretty firm believer in wireless keyboards and having that monitor next to the listening chair because I do so many other things while I listen like surf and return emails. Tablets have been soooo slow to do the same things I do with my setup because they didn't multitask well and the touch screen keyboards were clunky.... but the last few 10" units I've tried have been pretty decent for keyboards... still slower than I'd like, but getting there... enough to seriously tempt me. I've got a gift certificate to Amazon burning a hole in my pocket.... it's the only thing (other than her spending some of the wedding money on a new grill) that is mine to spend from the wedding... I knew I should have been involved in that gift registry thing. 99.999% of the stuff she registered for was to needlessly replace every kitchen appliance, dish, glass, pot, pan, and silverware we own, even though between the two of us we had everything already and it was perfectly decent stuff.... anyways, enough on that topic before I get riled up
anyways, I'm seriously tempted to pick up a tablet and do the remote desktop thing... if all you are doing is controlling the audio player on the machine and choosing from playlists of music to play, it works great... even foobar has a remote access control app that you can use with even an iphone/ipod...
using the tablet as monitor and remote control adds to the cost compared to buying a cheap wireless keyboard and monitor... but it does present a cleaner look in the room which is something I'm getting more grief about since she locked me into this lifetime contract thing
just something else to think about.... I can show you a demo if you want.... I have a feeling that before the week is out I'll be using that gift certificate....