My evening with Commodore USA, LLC

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Question:  What is so innovative about putting a PC inside a case that looks like a Amiga?  
 
Absolutely NOTHING!  
 
When the Amiga first hit the market in the mid 80's, that was truly innovative, it blew everything else away (PC's, MAC's, etc...), nothing even came close to what this thing could do.  When I hear what Commodore USA is doing it just makes me want to cry.  If they really cared about Amiga and what it stood for, they would be looking to innovate just as Amiga did in the 80's.  Thinking outside the box (or the PC) would be a great start.  Look at technology of the future, not the present or the past, that is what innovation is.  
 
Commodore USA is just a scam to me.

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"Why does it have to be innovative?"  
 
Because this is what sells, not packaging a PC in a pretty case from the 80's.  Sure they will sell a few but once those people get their case, they won't be a returning customer.  
 
"...honour the memory of old Commodore and the Amiga."  
 
I can do that now by using my old skool Amiga system or running WinUAE on my PC.  
 
Going down the road Commodore USA is following will only end in a dead end.  There is no future in the past.  If they really cared about the Amiga and what it stood for they would be looking to the future, working with the community and partnering with them and those companies that are working on Amiga today to make a product for the future (such as a new OS).  Companies don't have to be Microsoft sized to be innovative and in Microsoft's case, they are one of the least innovative companies out there (unless you call their buying of other companies and repackaging their ideas as their own innovative).  I want Commodore and Amiga to have a future and that is why I posted under this topic, to hopefully wake somebody up and see that there can be a future for Amiga but not when you package a PC in a Amiga case and tell people the future is here.  I build my own PC's and I have my own cases (Alienware cases).  Why would I buy a PC from them that will in most likelihood be less than what I have now?  Some people will buy it for the case but the case is about all you're getting with C=USA.

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"I hope you appreciate the irony of an alienware customer complaining about overpriced PCs in gimmick cases."  
 
Haha, if I have to run my online games on a PC, I may as well do it in style.  

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"I take it you weren't really involved much with computing in the late 80s thru mid 90s? "  
 
Actually I was, and the reason I bought a Amiga in the first place was because it could do more than any other computer on the market at that time.  Commodore's bad marketing and a very stupid user community is what killed it.  I believe users have gotten much smarter and have learned to think for themselves today (look at what Apple has accomplished with the iPhone as an example) and if you give them something that does it better and faster and what others cannot do, they will buy it.  
 
Here is my dream scenario:  
 
Commodore USA, Hyperion, AROS, MorphOS and the community all worked together on a new OS for the future.  Does not have to be tied to x86 (I would love to see a ARM based version if Nvidia can produce one that competes with x86) but should support running on many different platforms.  Open it up!  Open source is the route to take.  Let anyone develop for it and people will!