The Commodore Comeback at CeBIT

Peter Malford writes "Earlier this month Slashdot reported on Commodore's return with new gaming PCs that would be officially announced at CeBIT. Cnet.co.uk has got a first look at the four new models called the XX, GX, GS and G. "The high-end XX packs enough grunt to make an Alienware machine run to its deformed alien mum. It uses an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core processor, 4GB of RAM and two Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards running in tandem... Commodore uses what it calls a 'revolutionary painting process' to make them look pretty damn gorgeous." Commodore also officially launched the Gravel In Pocket PMP and unveiled some new Gravel devices, one that has a 4" screen and one that features a built-in GPS receiver."

Comments

Re:Wha?

[Seumas]

I'd love to buy a high-end Commodore gaming rig, presuming it is about as cheap as building it myself. I have never bought a pre-built machine in my life (except for laptops, of course). I would not mind letting someone else handle the trouble and hassle of the process of putting the components together for me, but I have yet to find thoroughly high-end and high-quality gaming rigs that are not significantly cheaper to build on my own. If they charged within about $100 of what I would pay for the parts via Newegg and Pricewatch, I might seriously consider them. Otherwise, I'll just continue to do it the old fashioned way.

As for how the machines look. Well, I really don't care. I didn't really get into the habit of bothering putting the sides on my cases until the last few years. It's a computer; not some lame honda accura that I have to give a fast-looking paintjob to so it doesn't look like it's a lame honda accura. The case you linked to is... ugh. I don't even know what the hell that is supposed to be. It looks like a retarded lego from a Ritalin-high toddler's bedroom. Eeew!

I prefer my machines to look... um... well, like machines. My newest case is the Cooler Master 832 and that is pretty damn close to the most appealing case I've ever had (even if it is $250). It's not as square and boxy as I'd prefer, but at least it's just a plain aluminum box.

Gravel

[AKAImBatman]

Ok, I'm back. Looking at the "Gravel" (who names this stuff?), I'm much more impressed by it than I am their PC offerings. The CNet article shows a very compact device that appears to be well suited to portable television applications. I must say that I'm impressed. At least with the form factor and control scheme. The memory size seems to be a bit of a show-stopper, though. It doesn't take much to fill up 2 GB (or even 4 GB) of storage. With iPod videos starting at 30GB, this thing looks woefully small for the task.

Of course, that's something that can always be fixed in future revisions. If it's going to fail in the marketplace, it will be because it lacks content. No media player ever sells without content. And with Apple sewing up the downloadable television/movie market, I'm not sure where that leaves the Gravel. (Groveling, perhaps?) It's a neat device irrespective of its Commodore branding, but I sincerely hope that The New Commodore(TM) has some content distribution deals in the works.

The LOGO

[Paolo DF]

At least, they didn't mess with the logo and butchered as Atari (the new Atari) did.
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