Yes
I mean to say, with computers these days, Android slates are very useful. You can simply dial right into a free Linux Ubuntu desktop computer in the cloud. These are persistant computers with 30 thousand free tools at your fingertips.
amazon web services.
You can also use dial into a windows 7 cloud computers. Same idea.
http://www.desktone.com/Or indeed, you can just install Linux to the slate. (dual booting)
i think the Rasberry Pi is correctly price pointed now.Because these days, people are
able to get computers for free. I-phones and ipads just get directly into powerful
web based computers.
Vince.