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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #149 from previous page: July 12, 2011, 09:09:05 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCe7-QQOM1U

Looks like any other Ubuntu 11.04 install to me, assuming he installed it off the included disc shouldn't it have some branding?  
Lack of a hardware based eject for the BD drive?  :laughing:
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #150 on: July 12, 2011, 09:19:47 PM »
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Really?
The mobo/cpu combination is worth slightly under $100,
TRY DOUBLE THAT

KEYBOARD? STOCK DAS KEYBOARD SELLS FOR APPROX $150
CASE? PRICELESS

Now you're up to $350, add a card reader,HDD, DVD drive, PCI mini WiFi/BT module, chassis bracket, memory, power switch/led, color carton, manual, rubber feet, logo badge, shipping carton, custom wire harness, fan, UL power suppply, labor, insurance, overhead, royalty payments, and profit.

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I wish I could cut and paste that onto the "About Us" section of the C-USA website......
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #151 on: July 12, 2011, 09:35:05 PM »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCe7-QQOM1U

Looks like any other Ubuntu 11.04 install to me, assuming he installed it off the included disc shouldn't it have some branding?  
Lack of a hardware based eject for the BD drive?  :laughing:


You mean like every Apple iMac ever made? :D

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKL58NBSXYU&feature=related

looks like it runs Crysis (a ca. 2008 game) better than the A1 runs Quake II, a ca. 1997 game...:P
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #152 on: July 12, 2011, 09:44:51 PM »
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You mean like every Apple iMac ever made? :D

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKL58NBSXYU&feature=related

looks like it runs Crysis (a ca. 2008 game) better than the A1 runs Quake II, a ca. 1997 game...:P


My 5 year old Dell laptop could probably run it better then an A1 as well. What's your point?
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #153 on: July 12, 2011, 11:18:25 PM »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xMh7k2Bhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0IkSWTqts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUHx_ImWsNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emzz0lbr8uQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po49nHTotJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mjAxVjGtQ

So, will you just stop whining now?

How about a video of you smashing it and maybe setting it on fire like in the deathbed vigil - Its the best use of one i can think of.:rofl:
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #154 on: July 12, 2011, 11:34:48 PM »
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How about a video of you smashing it and maybe setting it on fire like in the deathbed vigil - Its the best use of one i can think of.:rofl:


Jealousy is an ugly thing. :D
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #155 on: July 13, 2011, 12:17:33 AM »
The old "can it run Crysis" meme went out years back.  Any PC in the last 3 years can run Crysis just fine, lol.  My netbook from 2 years ago can run Crysis at low settings.  FYI, Crysis was releases in 2007....

Quit being dumb - and Crysis in low ql mode (yes, that's low ql mode - as a Triple SLI PC owner, I know this well) isn't much bragging rights going on FOUR years after the game was released.

How's the heat running Crysis?  :lol:  Install another fan yet?  Bet those newfangled games play real well with that limited keyboard.  Drill any holes in it yet?  That 140+ degree case bottom of those machines must be a real treat.  Maybe someone will sell officially branded laptop stands/coolers that you guys seem so fond of lately.
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #156 on: July 13, 2011, 12:22:17 AM »
It would seem that Ptah has already put the thing on a fan assisted stand already. That must make the typing experience even more enjoyable. :rofl:

http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4928-fan-and-different-function-keys?lang=en#5931

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #157 on: July 13, 2011, 12:28:17 AM »
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The old "can it run Crysis" meme went out years back.

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #158 on: July 13, 2011, 12:31:14 AM »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xMh7k2Bhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0IkSWTqts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUHx_ImWsNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emzz0lbr8uQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po49nHTotJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mjAxVjGtQ

So, will you just stop whining now?

How about a video of you smashing it and maybe setting it on fire like in the deathbed vigil - Its the best use of one i can think of.:rofl:
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #159 on: July 13, 2011, 12:35:12 AM »
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #160 on: July 13, 2011, 01:10:04 AM »
Tags: c64 , c64x , commodore , cusa , unboxing , videos , #whining# :rofl:

jaja, the grape is unripe and sour :roflmao:
 

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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #161 on: July 13, 2011, 01:14:03 AM »
Pretty neat looking even if it is only an Atom based PC.
Why weren't POST messages displayed so we could see if C=USA has even bothered to modify the BIOS?
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #162 on: July 13, 2011, 01:32:30 AM »
it would appear from this video that they haven't:

http://www.youtube.com/user/EternalPtah#p/u/0/a53UOSotyas

I am pretty sure that there is a picture floating around of the factory doing the vic-slims showing a bios screen with the commodore logo on it. But for the life in me I can't find it now.

===Edit===

Found it. You can see from the pic ,that the Chinese facility dealing with the vic-slim's has provided, the bios displaying the Commodore logo. Which makes me wonder why they have put it on the slims and not the flagship C64X.




http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4257-more-photos-from-cusa?limit=15&start=30&lang=en#4443


Maybe thats another thing that will come on the COS 1.X disk lol. :D
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #163 on: July 13, 2011, 01:50:08 AM »
Well, who's to say that's a real picture? Given how the other factory photos turned out...
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Re: C64x Unboxing videos
« Reply #164 on: July 13, 2011, 01:50:19 AM »
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it would appear from this video that they haven't:

http://www.youtube.com/user/EternalPtah#p/u/0/a53UOSotyas

I am pretty sure that there is a picture floating around of the factory doing the vic-slims showing a bios screen with the commodore logo on it. But for the life in me I can't find it now.

===Edit===

Found it. You can see from the pic ,that the Chinese facility dealing with the vic-slim's has provided, the bios displaying the Commodore logo. Which makes me wonder why they have put it on the slims and not the flagship C64X.




http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4257-more-photos-from-cusa?limit=15&start=30&lang=en#4443


Maybe thats another thing that will come on the COS 1.X disk lol. :D

Considering how easy this would be to do, you have to wonder why they didn't bother. Or , for that matter, why they didn't use a board with an option to bypass POST messages and display a graphics image instead (then they could have had a very colorful Commodore4 startup screen)
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