New Commodore Invictus from Commodore USA

[tone007]

Hey, why not just buy one of these to add to your current computer!?

http://www.gadgetadvisor.com/computer-hardware/nanovision-mimo-7-usb-touch-screen-monitor

I bet you can fit a C= logo on it somewhere.

[tone007]

...your point?

They're also movable and you can use them on a much more powerful PC, not to mention you get the whole auxiliary touch screen display experience (which is the only notable thing the EeeKeyboard offers) at a fraction of the cost.

Also, the image on the "Commodore" site appears to be a different unit, maybe a prototype shot or a cheap knockoff of the Eee unit.

[tone007]

the internal 5-inch touchscreen on the right shuts off when an external monitor is connected

How completely lame.  I'd hope they're wrong about that.

This is the first bunch of products. If you don't like any of the first generation of products, then don't buy one.

Someone else's products!  Unless he's selling at the same cost or less than the original vendor, it's a very silly idea to pay a higher price for a Commodore sticker.

Throwing a free OS onto a machine doesn't make the product original.

[tone007]

What free OS was that, that wouldn't run on any other clone lying around?

Exactly.

[tone007]

You really make me laugh. I suggest you remove all brand products from your possession.
You'd probably end up naked. You pay more for a brand product. Get over it.
Hell, why don't you go wear that line out on the AmigaOne fans.
At least it's not CommodoreOne. Sheesh.
At least they can get the proper name of the brand.

You laugh when you should cry.  The only thing sadder than trying to capitalize on an old brand name by reselling hardware people can buy themselves cheaper is supporting the effort.  People will pay more for a brand name product if it has some qualities the cheaper options don't, so far this "Commodore" hasn't shown to offer anything of the sort, and them stamping C= a logo on something means about as much as me stamping one on something.  The AmigaOne, while no huge commercial success, had the fact that it was a means to an end going for it, it was required hardware to run OS4.  Cheaper, better PCs can be had than these rebranded "Commodore" units, and do the same thing.

It comes with Ubuntu now.... Yeah, it's been done before... sure... but it's hardly a wide spread practice. Isn't that different enough for you.

No, it isn't.  Ubuntu can be installed in about 45 minutes by most anyone who knows how to turn a computer on these days.

Ok, with a bit of luck we'll get AROS on it, and maybe some emulation options. We'll see.

Luck? These are more free, easy to do things that work everywhere.  No special C= logo needed!

You can even install MacOSX on their Commodore Phoenix. Which I hope to demonstrate when mine finally arrives. Yeah, you can do that on MSI machines. But it is still different.

No, it isn't.

There is probably even going to be an OS called Comodo which is a vastly simpler OS for young children or seniors.

Let me guess, another version of Ubuntu with some big pretty icons.  Nothing new here either.

The owner is open to all suggestions.

Give it up, the whole thing smells like failure.

We, the Commodore fans, can make this what we want!

The Commodore fans just love to see their brand that died in 1994 stamped on new and unoriginal products.

[tone007]

This is pitched at a more mainstream audience that would prefer everything to work out of the box.

Mainstream audience doesn't care about AROS, UAE, or C64 emulation either for the most part, I'd wager, which only leaves the main OS and apps.  Mainstream, again, doesn't really want Linux when all their friends have Microsoft.  Honestly, I'd say the Commodore Gaming effort had more of a shot than this one, if only for the fact they had a set market they were aiming towards.  This incarnation just seems to like picking odd looking hardware to stick a Commodore logo on and hopes that's enough to sell it.

Speaking of AROS and the various emulation packages, which have been developed and offered for free by the community, it would seem unfair to the developers to use these as selling points on a commercial system, and essentially profit from someone else's hard work, without offering them something.  Of course, I can't speak for those respective communities, but it just seems like more reliance on other peoples' names and work to sell mundane product.

[tone007]

Christ, man, we should be the most FERVENT of your target audience.  If you can't sell us, how to you expect to sell anyone else?

+1

[tone007]

What you are asking in terms of revamps of Commodore games is outside Commodore's area of interest.

Barrydore's area of interest is simply to make money on an old name, don't expect anything more!

[tone007]

Are you keepin up with the Barrydore!?

CAUSE THE BARRYDORE IS KEEPING UP WITH YOU.

+1

[tone007]

Awesome!

I wouldn't expect anything less from a guy sitting in his basement editing pictures badly with a pirated copy of Photoshop while planning to take over the world with the Commodore brand name.

[tone007]

The only review of the Asus screenless laptop (aka "Commodore" USA Invicta)

The "Commodore" unit is not the Asus unit.  Link to the correct machine is in the thread, and it has slightly different specs.

edit: hey, you posted the link, you should know that already.

[tone007]

..are they going to rebrand a MacMini or eMac and supply it with an evaluation copy of MorphOS!!?!  Or even better, an Efika?!  TO THE FUTURE!