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Title: Commodore 64 Goes on Sale. Amiga, VIC-20 Coming Soon
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wired
URL Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011 ... sale-amiga-vic-20-coming-soon/
Published: Apr 7, 2011
Author: Charlie Sorrel
Post Date: 2011-04-07 19:04:31 by A K A Stone
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Views: 4051
Comments: 3
Just before Christmas, Commodore teased us with an Intel Atom-based Commodore 64 — a regular all-in-one Ubuntu PC in the shape of the classic C64 home computer, which could also boot into a game-playing C64 emulation mode. Now, finally, you can buy one, and you’ll soon be able to get the C64’s little brother, the VIC-20, in the shape of the VIC Pro and VIC Slim. The C64x can be had in five confusing configurations. The Barebones model is nothing more than the case and keyboard with a card reader and costs $250. The cheapest working version is the C64x Basic at almost $600, and to get luxuries such as Wi-Fi and a DVD drive you’ll need to cough up $700. If you’re in for that much, then you may as well jump all the way and spend $900 on the Ultimate edition, which puts in a 1-TB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive and 4 GB RAM. If you think that’s expensive, you’re dead right. Add on the price of an expensive dinner for two and you could buy a MacBook Air. It’s a cute gimmick, to be sure, and one that would surely sell well if it didn’t cost so much. As it is, there must be a very limited set of customers willing to drop big money on a novelty Ubuntu box. And anyway, the real nerds will be waiting for Commodore’s next big project: The resurrection of the majestic Amiga, albeit in the shape of a DVD player. These machines will use PC hardware but run “Commodore OS,” a mysterious operating system that will either be awesome or awful. I can’t wait. C64x product page [Commodore USA]
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
What exactly is the point of this? If I want to run C64 emulators I can do that now. Why buy another box just because it looks like the original? I could probably pick up a real one on ebay cheaper if I really wanted one.
There is a lot of good news here for Mr. Vermin Exterminator. He can still use his 1980's 300 baud modem to connect to the Internet.
Now, finally, you can buy one, and you’ll soon be able to get the C64’s little brother, the VIC-20, in the shape of the VIC Pro and VIC Slim.
#2. To: Skip Intro, Vermin Exterminator (#1)
What exactly is the point of this?
#3. To: Clyven (#2)
I believe he may have sold that modem to yukon to tide him over between gerbils.
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