What comes in an
Apple.
I should probably elaborate. An all-in-one
motherboard is one that has a lot of
devices that are usually on
expansion boards, such as
modems,
sound boards,
video boards,
NICs, etc. This is generally a bad idea- it makes replacing the motherboard far more expensive than it needs to be, harder to replace (if you're trying to replace it with an identical one), and ruins some of the
fun of
computing.
There are instances of devices that used to be separate being put onto the motherboard to good effect (for example,
disk controllers and
serial ports), and the trend seems to be toward further
integration, so I imagine all-in-one motherboards will become the
standard.
And when that happens, I'll
wax nostalgic for the "
good ol' days", I'm sure.