But why would anyone outside the " retro" community choose it? Why choose a CUSA machine over a Mac or Dell running Ubuntu? Because it looks like an 80s computer and might be set up to run 20-25 year old apps via emulation? That's basically their only marketing "attractions"' both of which will actually be negatives to most people in 2011.
There is no viable business model here.
Why would anyone choose anything other than a beige boring case with the same exact wallpaper and apps. Why would anyone want more than one distro of linux.
Because they want to. Alienware computers sold pretty well for a long time. Ubunto is one of many great distros, and people like to customize their computers.
Why do people mod their computers for that matter? I have seen c64 and Amiga mods before, and heard comments from lots of people with fond memories of the original wishing they could mod their own machine.
Go to google and type in C64 case mod, or Ben Heckendorn C64 laptop, or Amiga case mod, there are lots of people interested in this. Way more than just us in the "retro" community.
