CommodoreUSA Partners with Disney

[WolfToTheMoon]

So far all I'm hearing is something like Ubuntu with an Amiga-like skin, which is nowhere near even close.  OS 4 is fine for us hobbyists but it's not good enough to be a mainstream OS today.  

Ubuntu will be sold with early C64x because the C=OS is not ready. All those who bought these early C64x will be mailed C=OS when it's out. That's the only mention of Ubuntu for now.

Using Linux as a core for a new OS is fine if you're being serious about developing an AmigaOS, which does things the Amiga way (C, DEVS, S etc.) is polished and has included transparent emulation layers, uses AmigaDOS commands etc. then you have my interest.

They're pretty serious. As far as I know, they're in talk with several technology companies. So you might just get your wish of some custom hardware inside. I do not know their exact plans for the OS, though.

If CUSA are really developing a next gen Amiga OS which will be a platform of it's own, then of course it would have most of our support, but so far all we're hearing is it will be a generic PC in an Amiga-ish case at most with Ubuntu with an Amiga-look-a-like GNOME skin.

Well, not much officially has been said over the development of the OS. However, some of us have been informed of the general direction they'd like to follow... and I do not get the impression they want to do a generic PC in an Amiga-ish case with Ubuntu and some Amiga skins.

Maybe some more details are needed here?

I agree with you there and we'll probably hear some more details on the future plans and products in the coming months.

[WolfToTheMoon]

Sorry to [snip] in order to tie these two ideas together.
But claiming the ball is on (in) Hyperion's court whilst implying there is something in the settlement that prevents such a thing from taking place is somewhat confusing.
If I'm misreading you, please clarify.

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I'm just saying it's up to Hyperion if they would like to join this adventure of not.

Dave Haynie likes Commodore USA, LLC. I guess Dave Haynie is a CUSA fanboy and not a real Amigan?    

Dave's the man. I had a look at his interests, what a man(I'm saying this ina  strictly non sexual way :lol:) and what a life!

[WolfToTheMoon]

Dual core Atom with Ion2 isn't bad for the C64x.  What would you have put in it instead and kept the price about the same?  Remember, the contracts were done months ago.

And if somebody wants something more powerful, buy a barebones version and put whatever you want and can fit inside.

[WolfToTheMoon]

Yup, a lot of them seem on the ball

"I'm guessing this is for enthusiasts only.

Its pretty much just a C-64 shell and keyboard with its innard's ripped out and replace by crappy Atom netbook components with a custom bootmenu and the option of running a C-64 emulator.

Not at all appealing. I'd be more interested in a revived Commodore Company with a brand new Amiga and modern Commodore OS. No one wants to take on Microsoft and Apple though I imagine..."

There's positive and there' negative comments... one thing to keep in mind,  most Engadget readers are probably too young to have used C64s or Amigas. The true success of the Tron marketing is best seen on the Facebook page.