Commodore Amiga Mini

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Someone on the CUSA forum found it the other day (by the manufacturer but no price), but the post got nearly instantly deleted (before I could copy the URL).
 
It's being OEMed (of course), it's a real keyboard made by someone else copying the Apple keyboard.
 
As for the 1000x case, that's easier:
 
http://www.shop.perfecthometheater.com/HTPC-e5-Silver-Ultra-low-profile-aluminum-chassis-HTPC-e5-S.htm
 
With custom feet.
 
The Amiga Mini has been previously outed as this case:
 
http://www.shop.perfecthometheater.com/HTPC-ITX2-Silver-Ultra-small-aluminum-chassis-HTPC-ITX2-S.htm
 
On sale for $64.
 
Barry personally posted today the Amiga Mini, Vic Mini, and the new C64 Supreme would be annouced in "24 to 48 hours" with pre-ordering available to ship at the end of April.
 
At $2,495 for the Amiga Mini, and $995 for the Vic Mini, I'm personally looking forward to seeing what they cram in a $64 case to get it up anywhere near that cost :crazy: , even more curious how many people intend to buy it, and if they sell the barebones how much C= and Amiga laser etching is worth.

it was a friend of mine that posted that. he also said that Barry had taken the posts down almost instantly and sent some rather agressive PM's telling him never to post links to "similar" products again.
 
In any case here is the links.
 
A Weseana E5 case http://www.wesena.co.uk/product.php/7/3/e5 and an Iton keyboard http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Product-Listing-Detail.aspx?ProductID=19065
 
Oh and for those that are interested the pic of the box came from here http://www.computercloset.org/CommodoreAmiga1000.htm and leo just slapped their 1000x ontop.

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it might be worth mentioning that those keyboards I have only ever seen on Alibaba. The company behinde them seem to be into making multi touch and bluetooth components. This could the only 'unique' item in the whole system.
 
Ok so here is some links for people
 
http://sziton.en.alibaba.com/product/522772341-209413100/Multi_Finger_Touch_keyboard_bluetooth_3_0_version.html
http://gadgetguide.bluetooth.com/gadgetGuide.cfm?lpid=19065
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/523257276/2012_newest_Bluetooth_Keyboard_with_Touch.html

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I wasn't aware Apple tested their hadware on the general public. I was sure thats what they spent however many thousands of Dollars of R&D on. Silly me I suppose for assuming that Apple did it this way. :rolleyes:

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So we are looking at $3490 for the top of the range model and 2495 for the cheapo bog standard one. Oh and $349 for the case.
 
No thanks.

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I don't understand the need for 16gb RAM. Especially as most user, unless they into video editing, probably won't even come close to needing that much. 6gb I can understand, 8gb at a push but everything else is wasted. Maybe even on a proffesional level.

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I think it's to impress. It's not exactly el cheapo for RAM but it's not exactly expensive either. I think it's far too much and should be a configuartion option. The graphics card is also a poor choice. It's essentially an HTPC card and I think it will end up bottle necking the system on demanding tasks.
 
Not that HTPC cards are bad. But they aren't the powerhouses that CUSA make them out to be.

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Just got back from a few days holiday. So catching up with stuff. Been looking over at c-a.org and it seems they are going through yet another round of product updates.

http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/13972-whats-the-difference?lang=en#13988

Commodore USA CTO

Actually, we are reassessing our models, specs and prices right now with the feedback we have received since launch.
Current purchasers will be contacted and provided with the new choices to decide how they wish to proceed.
It's all good.

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@thread

Some new advertising apparently coming in the form of contributions to a telemovie:

Commodore USA assists Underground Telemovie

Google search shows the makers of the movie were looking for "geek" hardware to add to the movie.



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This makes for an interesting little snippet.

They wrapped up shooting.
All the equipment was returned as far as I can see, along with a few other odds and ends they purchased along the way.
Commodore USA will be in the credits.   

What did they purchase and why did they return it?

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Nah it was more to do with the fact that people were not willing to spend silly amounts of money for it. So they quickly did a u-turn and dropped the price.

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This has been my argument with them for a while. The whole "bigger and better things to come. But in the mean time we need to sell these cheap computers at a inflated price." to me stinks of trying to make a quick buck before the bottom falls out of it. The moment they said they were making c64x with it's custom case design instantly made everyone's expectation of them shoot through the roof. And since then it seems like they are failing to recapture that same spark that got some people so hot and bothered over the c64x.

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They never painted it....

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http://forums.itxgamer.com/viewtopic.php?t=856

Someone has built an almost carbon copy of the Mini. While I don't like CUSA products it's been interesting to see them in the flesh as it were. Still think it's over priced for what it is though.

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I know we often quipped about these machines. But just goes to show how much of a flash in the pan these machines really are. They can't hold down hardware configs or designs for too long. The C64x seems to be the only kind of stable product they have.... and thats on the case.

Do you have any vids of the AmigaOne 500 running? Be curious to see one properly running in a real world situation.

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To be fair to Maximus I get the feeling his name was just lumped with the reseller because he brought it up on their board. Again the lack of stock on the Mini is probably because the origional case is probably eol. The only reason I can see the slim been still in stock is because the manufacturer is probably still churning them out for other people. Because wasn't Ubuntu gonna start shipping them.

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Ah, then I'm sorry for doubting Maximus.  I thought he was a CUSA drone sent here to try and convince people that the company was still alive with viable products.

Well I thought that at one bit. But looking through their post history here and on the CUSA forums I think they are just an innocent bystander in all this. But I have been wrong before :laughing: