@Zylesea

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Put the ThinPC PCB inside the "Lime Keyboard" case...

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and you'd have a...

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...Morpher 1200! Or maybe it would be a "Morpher 600" since it lacks the numeric keyboard? (Or put the PCB inside a cool looking 1280x720 monitor, and you'd have an "iMorpher". )

Of course the Windows logos on the Windows keys would have to be replaced with butteflies, and the green lime (also a LED?) on top with a blue butterfly!

Then phone around to collect distribution rights in order to create a new "super bundle" consisting of *all major* "old timer" SW, titles that you know were popular and big in the days, like "Deluxe Paint" and whatever, names that old timers that has now moved on will recognize. Office apps, graphic apps, sound apps, Internet apps, a few RTG games, etc. SW that is still being owned by someone, although abandoned. Cheap, in other words. The distribution rights should include access and the rights to do whatever mods (if any) in order to make it run flawlessly on MorphOS 2.0 without OCS/ECS/AGA.

When everything is set up - buy one full-page ad in those computer mags which is read by advanced computer users, people that once were Amiga users, people that sure as hell still will remember and recognize the titles in the super bundle. There is at least one of those mags in every western country. They reach people that have never heard about "the Morpher" or MorphOS, but sure as hell knows the titles in the "super bundle". Those titles will be the key - any references to Am*ga should not only be avoided but *banned*. Create a lot of screen shots and even videos (on utube) showing the environment running, the "familiar" desktop and features and functionality but in completely new clothing. A modern OS with new features mixed with those old, familiar retro applications that some people really loved back in the days.

Back in the "Amiga's decade" (1985-1995) many of those people were still young, some of them were students, some of them were teenagers, some of them were even children by legal definition. They had limited money, and things were expensive, so they really came to love what they were able to get a hold of, because they were (and are) hard core computer enthusiasts. Today they work as computer engineers or programmers, and have a completely different financial situation. When they buy a PC (which they do at least every other year) they spend at least $2000, they have a PS1, PS2 and a PS3 and possibly an xbox 360 as well. They will always have a small fund available for cool technology. When they see this offer, a bell will ring somewhere deep down in their brains nostalgia center (Nostalgius Urgeus), and they will remember the good old days, the fun, the poking, the learning, the friends, the magazines, the completely different times and general atmosphere about "home computers" when not everything was centered around Windows Vista and service packs. At $299, a lot of those people would buy it out of pure curiosity. Most of them would definitely love what they see. Eventually, many of them would feel a little constrained by the "Morpher600/1200" specs, especially those wanting to write or port their own Morpher programs. That's when they start looking for the 8610/8640 based "Morpher 4000", a big box computer with real expansion slots and powerful enough for most things!