Point of custom rom?

[lasteclispe]

I know I'm probably going to sound like a huge noob but it is a serious question.

I have been using windows mobile phones for about 4 years mostly for entertainment use as I'm a student so do not need it for business. I have been reading about custom roms and such for the past 4 years and tonight I decided to finally give it a try.

Now my question is what exactly is the point of a custom rom? I upgraded to mighty rom 5 and sure it looks a bit better than my stock phone but I really dont see any amazing features. I seems like it's just a nice theme.


On a side note how do I change whats displayed on the today screen? out of all the things listed I only use like two of them? Would much prefer to have weather/s2u2 and some other programs there.