Anyone who remembers computing “back in the day” might be interested to know that Commodore has opened a Web store where consumers can buy a modernized Commodore 64 and two new versions of the VIC, now redesigned as a “keyboard computer”. The new Commodore 64 costs anywhere from $250 for a “barebones” configuration for modders, to an $895 “ultimate” configuration with a terabyte hard drive, Blu-ray., and wireless. The VIC-Pro costs $495 to $1,195, while the VIC-SLIM costs $295 to $495. Units come with the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating system on disk ready to install,” Commodore said. Commodore OS 1.0, along with emulation functionality and classic game package, will be mailed to purchasers when available.
Via PC Mag.
We all saw this coming. This is just a cheap nettop board stuck in a Commodore plastic case running a C64 Emulator someone else wrote. The prices are wayyy to high. Someone should make a $20 C64 plastic case that fits some small form-factor motherboard standard and put these Goons out of business.
This is as bad as that Sinclair Spectrum thing that was launched earlier in the year which was really just a bluetooth keyboard shaped like a Spectrum with a USB drive with a emulator and some games.
I like the idea of a case though, I do recall reading about a effort to have new Amiga cases made on a Amiga forum a long time ago and the tooling/setup costs put that idea down :(
You couldn’t be more on the level
This surely makes great sense to me