CUSA makes the BBC news site

[jorkany]

Yippie, a PC in a C64 case.  Why does anyone care about such a $600 gimmick?  I don't get it.

You don't get it because CUSA is involved in something completely unfamiliar to the modern Amiga enthusiast: marketing.

With all this attention CUSA is getting shouldn't AROS/ICAROS/X1000 ETC post some news?

They do post news. That doesn't do anything to promote AROS, MOS, OS4, etc. though. Like I said, marketing is an alien concept today in the world of Amiga.

[jorkany]

fair enough. i've also only been around here about a year now and know little about anything 'amiga' prior to 2009.

there's probably something i'm missing.

-- eliyahu

Since you mention Ben Hermans, here are a couple of links to help you begin your research.

http://www.favrin.net/txt/varie/commenti/goodbye_os4.en.html

http://www.biclodon.com/misc/amigafarm/benhermans/

[jorkany]

Pretty neat link off that page too, the Xi3 Modular Computer...

http://xi3.org/pcu5000.php

"What is X?"

Now we know!

[jorkany]

Clearly the C64 box buys a lot of free publicity

I agree with most of your post, but the kind of publicity we're seeing is definitely not free.

I'd say some other companies could take a lesson here, but it's far too late.

[jorkany]

MBTF for soldering joints is MBTF for soldering joints.

Solder joints? Consumer market crap!

Wire-wrap for MIL SPEC!

[jorkany]

My wife still uses an old G4 power mac as her main laptop. Sturdy little beasts. Outlived pretty much any other laptop she's had.

I have one of the first Intel MacBooks. It's my beater laptop, and has seen a lot of travel miles both in cars and by bicycle. It's been dropped, sat on, and my cat likes to sleep on it at night. Still solid and works like a charm.

Meanwhile my Dell laptop that I use for work and spends 99.9% of it's time on a desk feels like it's about to crumble whenever I pick it up. I can't imagine it surviving the travels the MacBook has been through.