New Commodore Invictus from Commodore USA

[the_leander]

Go to bed spotty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjB3slAZBQ

Absolutely loved The Young Ones, and Bottom.

Bottom Series 3, Episode 6 "Carnival" Is possibly my fave episode, or at least the first half of it. Warning: NSFW

[jj]

I have to agree with you, carnival is a brilliant epsiode
 
I also think apocolypse is a brillaint one.
 
The one where they go the fairground and richie gets a curse put on him and told he has three days to live and then eddie pretends to be death. And he is all falling over all the time and leaning on the top of doors cause he is on stilts. Classic.
 
Did you ever see the series in between young ones and bottom. Flithie, rich and catflap. Only mad one series but its classic. Check it out if you not seen it

[the_leander]

I think my fave complete episode was the one where they're trapped on the ferris wheel for the whole episode.

Best line ever in it imho:

Richie: Yeah, lets tempt fate, cheat death!

Eddie: Now is probably not a good time to pi$$ fate off.

[jj]

I think my fave complete episode was the one where they're trapped on the ferris wheel for the whole episode.
 
Best line ever in it imho:
 
Richie: Yeah, lets tempt fate, cheat death!
 
Eddie: Now is probably not a good time to pi$$ fate off.

 
I like the list of stuff that is in his emergency pint in that episode.
 
My fav epsiode changes, but at the moment would say its the one where they go camping

[persia]

Core i3 laptop

US$549, same brand as "Commodore" USA (Asus), but not screenless and a more modern processor...

[the_leander]

Core i3 laptop

US$549, same brand as "Commodore" USA (Asus), but not screenless and a more modern processor...

That's an Acer laptop.

Also, as has been pointed out (repeatedly now), whilst the Invictus is almost identical to an Asus Eeeboard, it differs substantially in specification. I genuinely don't think Asus made them, though chances are the factories that did were probably only down the road in one of the many cheap knock-off plants that litter china.

[BigBenAussie]

I just found out that the touch screen, apart from providing media player options, can be used as a second display screen or mirror parts of the primary screen. You could also use the stylus to paint in a paint program or even sign things if the mood takes you. I am pretty sure you can use it for gestures as well. That all sounds cool to me.

This is not a cut price Commodore for kiddies and it is not a gaming powerhouse. This is a niche item for grown-ups who grew up with Commodore, which you will need to pay a premium for. It might not be for you specifically, but I found it appealing and I know others do/will too, regardless of whether *you* think that is nuts or not.

[the_leander]

I found it appealing and I know others do/will too, regardless of whether *you* think that is nuts or not.

People like Britney Spears music too, there's no accounting for some folks tastes.

And again, if this goes south, you are going to make for a delicious patsy.

[abbub]

This is not a cut price Commodore for kiddies and it is not a gaming powerhouse. This is a niche item for grown-ups who grew up with Commodore, which you will need to pay a premium for.

No...I really won't...

[Kronos]

I just found out that the touch screen, apart from providing media player options, can be used as a second display screen or mirror parts of the primary screen. You could also use the stylus to paint in a paint program or even sign things if the mood takes you. I am pretty sure you can use it for gestures as well. That all sounds cool to me.

This is not a cut price Commodore for kiddies and it is not a gaming powerhouse. This is a niche item for grown-ups who grew up with Commodore, which you will need to pay a premium for. It might not be for you specifically, but I found it appealing and I know others do/will too, regardless of whether *you* think that is nuts or not.

If I had any real use and interest in such a system (which I don't ) I would try to hunt them down from ANY OTHER source then commodoreusa. Just no point in dealing with companies that are build 100% from lies, decipt and other companies unlicenced IP......

[AeroMan]

Eeeerrrr...  It looks nice but I´m left handed. What should I do with the small screen?
(no bonus) :-D

[persia]

@the_leander

Part of the problem with everything being made in China is that unless you are really big like Apple you can't really stop a chinese factory from selling the same stuff to another brand.  Computer companies are more and more becoming the marketing arm of Chinese Factories.

Do you have any idea how many of these Asus sold?  It's really difficult to visualise a situation where they would be better than a laptop or desktop.  There is a reason these things died out a couple decades ago...

[the_leander]

Do you have any idea how many of these Asus sold?  

Not many as they were delayed in their release up until very recently. But theirs is strictly an intel only piece of kit - the Invictus at least offers the ION chipset which means that it, unlike the eeepad, will be able to offer a 1080p video output.

It's really difficult to visualise a situation where they would be better than a laptop or desktop.  There is a reason these things died out a couple decades ago...

Agreed. It's trying to be too many things, but has so many compromises that other, more specialised pieces of equipment have it beat hands down in any given situation.

[haywirepc]

On commodore USA's main page, all but hidden by using grey text on a grey background...

"Commodore® is the trademark of Commodore Licensing, GV, registered in the U.S.
and other countries. Logo used with permission, pending licensing rights, and
used for illustrative purposes only."

No right whatsoever legally or morally to use the commodore name. Just another person trying to rape the commodore/amiga corpse.

Steven

[sian]

any news

Now that's more like it!!!!!!

I don't have specs for you yet.
(watch this space)
Commodore USA

But it is probably the same specs as what it looks like. :-D

I can confirm that it is ATOM/nvidia based
INVICTUS is the latin word for "Invincible".
It comes in silver too. It also has a stylus.
I do not know if it features wireless wiBand HDMI. I'll see if I can find out. EDIT: It has it.
edit: It has the Nvidia ION chipset, which is a newer higher performance graphics chip set.
edit: It will have 5-5.5 hour battery life. The LCD screen does remain ON when external video is running.

[Rob]

any news

I think that Commodore USA effectively died with Barry.  I'm sure that there won't be any continuation once his family have finished settling the estate.