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Title: Commodore 64 Goes on Sale. Amiga, VIC-20 Coming Soon
Source: wired
URL Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011 ... sale-amiga-vic-20-coming-soon/
Published: Apr 7, 2011
Author: Charlie Sorrel
Post Date: 2011-04-07 19:04:31 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 3941
Comments: 3

Just before Christmas, Commodore teased us with an Intel Atom-based Commodore 64 — a regular all-in-one Ubuntu PC in the shape of the classic C64 home computer, which could also boot into a game-playing C64 emulation mode. Now, finally, you can buy one, and you’ll soon be able to get the C64’s little brother, the VIC-20, in the shape of the VIC Pro and VIC Slim.

The C64x can be had in five confusing configurations. The Barebones model is nothing more than the case and keyboard with a card reader and costs $250. The cheapest working version is the C64x Basic at almost $600, and to get luxuries such as Wi-Fi and a DVD drive you’ll need to cough up $700. If you’re in for that much, then you may as well jump all the way and spend $900 on the Ultimate edition, which puts in a 1-TB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive and 4 GB RAM.

If you think that’s expensive, you’re dead right. Add on the price of an expensive dinner for two and you could buy a MacBook Air.

It’s a cute gimmick, to be sure, and one that would surely sell well if it didn’t cost so much. As it is, there must be a very limited set of customers willing to drop big money on a novelty Ubuntu box.

And anyway, the real nerds will be waiting for Commodore’s next big project: The resurrection of the majestic Amiga, albeit in the shape of a DVD player. These machines will use PC hardware but run “Commodore OS,” a mysterious operating system that will either be awesome or awful. I can’t wait.

C64x product page [Commodore USA]

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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)

Now, finally, you can buy one, and you’ll soon be able to get the C64’s little brother, the VIC-20, in the shape of the VIC Pro and VIC Slim.

What exactly is the point of this? If I want to run C64 emulators I can do that now. Why buy another box just because it looks like the original?

I could probably pick up a real one on ebay cheaper if I really wanted one.

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-04-07   19:37:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Skip Intro, Vermin Exterminator (#1)

What exactly is the point of this?

There is a lot of good news here for Mr. Vermin Exterminator. He can still use his 1980's 300 baud modem to connect to the Internet.

Clyven

" implanting human brain cells into a mouse engineered to have Alzheimer's, Dr. Keyes inadvertently made a remarkable and startling discovery: she not only cured the mouse's Alzheimer's Disease, but the mouse soon developed the relative intelligence of a human being." Goldi-Lox

Clyven  posted on  2011-04-07   20:11:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Clyven (#2)

I believe he may have sold that modem to yukon to tide him over between gerbils.

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-04-07   20:39:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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