I found this while reading an article on lifehacker the other day.

It’s a Windows-based PC that’s touchscreen and mounted into a wall.  Here’s a link to the article/instructions.  (http://www.studio-lights.com/blog/iphone-inspired-kitchen-touchscreen-computer.htm)

For what he’s done, he’s spent about $1,700 to do it.  I think it can be done for a heck of a lot cheaper.  He built the computer that powers this system for $1,200, the monitor was $500.  It’s using a new i5 series processor, good amount of memory, etc.  It’s a little much for what this computer does. 

I think it can be done (hardware-wise) for about $500. 

The screen can be picked up second-hand for roughly $150 on eBay.  The computer, I’d recommend just using a nettop box (like the Acer Aspire Revo R3610) – which is $330.  Ideally, I’d pick-up an extra 2gb of RAM, for another $45. 

A nettop PC would be ideal because most of them are “VESA-mount” – i.e. they can be mounted behind a monitor.  In this instance, you could mount it onto the cabinet wall (so you don’t lose cabinet space). 

It’s not something I’d really do, but it’s still a pretty neat idea. 

I commend the guy that came up with the idea (and thank him for sharing it).  It’s not something that I’d have ever really thought of.  I’d probably have just dropped a few hundred on an iPad and done it that way, lol.