maybe:

• smol word processor
• telnet client
• gopher browser...
• audio and video player (??)

steve jobs was right about this much--you're not necessarily going to convince people to use a platform by enumerating the criteria by which your puter may be superior.

somehow i have to imagine what it feels like to be fascinated and immediately pleased with the human-computer interaction.

i wonder how little RAM you could get away with for a reasonably powerful lil written document preparation system...