The NEW Commodore???

[Rooster]

Anyone else seen this??



 The commodore is back and I don't mean a naval officer. The computer company!

By Fuad Abazovic in Leipzig: Thursday 24 August 2006, 18:28

"IF YOU remember Commodore 64 that means you are not a teenager any more.

We certainly spent a piece of our life playing with that machine in the dawn of PC gaming.

Now, the Commodore brand sits on a range of high-end PCs equipped with Nvidia's 7950 GX2 card and an AMD FX 60. Commodore is now a Dutch company and is testing the waters to see is there a market for such a PC with this legendary brand on it.

The company picked a nice looking case packed some high-end hardware to beef up ye olde Commodore logo.

We we're able to try out the the old games on the beast."

 

[alexatkin]

I suspect this Commodore has about as much to do with the one we know and love as Atari does now. Though at least Atari is still used to sell games.

Its sad that names that once meant something are just bought and sold like this.

[Jope]

Yes, a bit like .. the Amiga name. :-P

[Olecranon]

by Jope on 2006/8/25 0:26:33

Yes, a bit like .. the Amiga name. :-P

Hehe, this new commodore computer is just a PC..  It might as well say DELL on the front.  

One thing it does have going for it is the use of modern, cheap, and easily obtainable hardware  :idea:

[Olecranon]

by Jope on 2006/8/25 0:26:33

Yes, a bit like .. the Amiga name. :-P

Hehe, this new commodore computer is just a PC..  It might as well say DELL on the front.  

One thing it does have going for it is the use of modern, cheap, and easily obtainable hardware  :idea:

[Argo]

Cool, Now I can get a New Commodore 64(bit) and run AROS on it!  :-P

[humppa]

This is the new Commodore media box:



http://www.channel64.net/

[Oli_hd]

Though at least Atari is still used to sell games.

Yeah and Commodore sold PC's, lots of PC's so its just like what Commodore was  :-D
now we just need some of those cases to stick Amiga's in and it will be just like old times!  :roll:

[Linchpin]

Ok.. so its only a PC but am i the only one that thinks this is cool as?

Id love to have one ... thats sweet

If only for the case...

[Oli_hd]

Ok.. so its only a PC but am i the only one that thinks this is cool as?

Nope, I think its a great looking system!
I would love to own a new Commodore computer.

[Waccoon]

Why do case designers insist on putting covers over the drive bays?  It looks a bit too pregnant for my tastes.

[Will-i-am]

What I'd really like to see is a nice cool case with maybe an athalon 64 inside, (maybe two cpu's) and a secondary level for popping in an old Amiga mobo with built in ethernet or some other way to connect the two. I mean, with a big enough power supply how hard would it be to put two computers in one box? Everytime I see a Dell commercial I wonder what they'd say to requesting a computer that was built to intergrate the fast PCs of today with, say, an A4000 mobo allowing me to plug in my Toaster 4000 and running native Amiga software? Probably lots of reasons not to do this, but how hard would it be?

[Tomas]

Sad that it is just another standard pc... I dont care if it says commodore on it, if it does exactly the same thing as all the rest.

The mediabox looks more interesting...

[Vlabguy1]

I wouuld buy one just cuz the name and run AimgaForever on it..hehe

[giZmo350]

by Waccoon on 2006/8/25 7:09:02

Why do case designers insist on putting covers over the drive bays? It looks a bit too pregnant for my tastes.
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I agree!   :lol: