Commodore Returns with New Gaming PCs

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I don't mind at all if these are just Commodore rebadged PCs.  The new Commodore owners need to re-build the brand and raise some cash for further development.  Remember a few years ago they began selling re-badged Chinese MP3 players under the eVIC and iPET names?  This raised enough money for them to actually do some R&D to create the C64-DTV and the "Gravel" series of media players.

So hopefully they will strengthen the brand with this PC type release, which will allow them to release more innovative, original products in the future.

I must say, they are at least excercising good industrial design.  Their "Gravel" and some of their MP3 players and their web-site are stylish, at least.

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by derringer3 on 2007/3/6 12:27:08

Many companies try to ride the name of commodore, it began with escom's attempt. But there is now new under the sun, So people will not buy these things too. These companies fail at the point, when the products need some little plus to market, and they simply don't add anything.

Well, at least this company ACTUALLY produced the C64-DTV, which is as close to a re-issue of the original C64 hardware as we are ever likely to see.  At least they are acknowledging the Commodore "heritage" in products like the DTV (even the font in the banner of the Commodore Corporate website is the C64 font).  Obviously they can't suddenly continue where the old Commodore left off (that would be suicide).

They have already done more in a short while than Tulip ever did when it held the Commodore assets.

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Yeah, I think we all expect a regular PC in a Commodore branded box.  It would be cool though if they at least had a custom case which harkened back to the C64 or something (while updating the look).