New Commodore Invictus from Commodore USA

[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.

[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.

[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.