My evening with Commodore USA, LLC

[runequester]

I'll admit, a fairly decent PC in a case looking almost completely like a C64 does have my interest. It'd be a wicked nice looking thing to sit on a computer table.

Not yet interested in the "amiga" stuff. If they end up with a nice amiga like UI for linux, Id have interest, and I'd at least consider a PC in a replica A1200 or A500 case.

It wont be an amiga, but itd be fun to own.

[runequester]

I'll repeat my offer btw. I'll put an "amiga" sticker on my PC, and you guys can buy it for 500 dollars, E-UAE included. Or I'll trade you for an A4000 ;0

[runequester]

Indeed. Find a niche. There's more to computers than desktop office machines, and there's more to "success" than becoming microsoft or intel.

[runequester]

People who own A4000s aren't silly enough to fall for this C=USA stuff

nono, its marketed exclusively through Commodore Amiga Iran.

[runequester]

Well, the specific processors used in the PS3 may be an exclusive license, but PPC is still manufactured by IBM for all sorts of stuff, so just make an offer for 100.000 boards or whatever, and you can do whatever the heck you want

[runequester]

Can I purchase a licence to distribute them through Commodore China too then? Might as well cut out the middleman and go straight to the source of these rubbish motherboards :roflmao:
 
Ooooh and Commodore China Computer Products = CCCP initials haha awesome logo in the making indeed

The marketing writes itself
 
"Commodore China. A quarter of the world can't be wrong"
 
For those familiar with Commodore history:
 
"Commodore, we do market to the classes. The working classes"

[runequester]

But Dell and Sony and HP have always meant Windows PCs. Even Commodore on occasion (much to their fiscal regret). Amiga? No.

There's more to PC's than windows my friend.

[runequester]

Yes, I know. I just built an i7 quad-core that runs Snow Leopard as its main OS and also has hard drives dedicated to Ubuntu and Win7. It lacks driver support for AROS, but if there was a native version of AmigaOS for it I'd let you put an Amiga sticker on it, ;-)

We'll need to get some Commodore Amiga Iran stickers made.
 
Failing that, I have a sharpie around here

[runequester]

That's very arguable - their products are expensive and often under powered compared to competitors' and while Apple sometimes innovate (ipod wheel, Aqua - anything else?) they just advertise MUCH better. I can't think of Apple without some black dancing silhouettes and a white ipod - how "cool". That says to me its attempted brain washing and what I (respectfully) think when I see words like "better and faster and what others cannot do" with the word "Apple". Perhaps I am wrong and it is true that others cannot do what they do because Apple patent everything!
 
I notice they quickly dropped the "Think different" slogan as soon as the mass market caught on with tons of advertising they do. Somebody who thinks different wouldn't buy Apple as they are the new Microsoft imho.

Given that ipods account for something like 75% of the MP3 player market, I think its a safe bet that most people don't give a hoot.
 
To be fair, if people actually cared about this stuff, microsoft would be out of business just the same as apple.

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Judging from what I've read the man is an arrogant nutcase, his products are junk, his website looks like a 12-year-old created it and is full of stolen images, and his business plan is non-existent.
 
Re-selling PC's with glued-on Commodore badges? That idea has been tried and failed time and time again since 1994 beginning with Escom.
 
I can't believe people are paying this guy so much attention. His business amounts to selling case badges.

I hate to correct you, but he isn't selling anything at all
 

Exactly Duce, well said. I don't wish to be rude, but reading excitable comments from red/dam my about how Barry is going to be doing Superbowl TV ads, his own AppStore, and dreams of a global Commodore/Amiga relaunch, my first instinct is to cringe.

Well, we're past the superbowl as it turns out. I dont watch the thing, so someone else can fill in if there were any computer adds