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Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June

Posted by timothy on from the new-use-old-number dept.

angry tapir writes "The Commodore 64 is getting a makeover, with a new design and some of the latest computing technologies, as the brand gets primed for a comeback. The revamped computer will be available through the Commodore USA online store, which is set to open June 1. The computer will be an all-in-one keyboard, with Intel's 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities."

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  1. Clear Hoax by 1karmik1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look. at. the. site. It's a chinese 3rd rate gadget imitator wet dream. There is a pseudo-configuration page vaguely mimicking Dell's one with no functionality. No logo. No design. and GOD that heinous thing in the pictures looks CLUNKY and CHEAP. This is a hoax. /. have seen several in the past years tied to the good old C64. I'm very surprised it made the front page :(

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    1. Re:Clear Hoax by hob42 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Wouldn't say it's a hoax... This keyboard PC has been on the market for years. This company sells it as the ZPC (for Zero-footprint PC).

      Frankly, I wondered why it took so long for someone to decide to rebadge one as a Commodore. It was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it.

    2. Re:Clear Hoax by NiceGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh christ..did we run in to a rip in the fabric of space/time? We're having a C64/AppleII/Atari 400/800 flamewar?

  2. 64-bit?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    with Intel's 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities

    Then it's not a Commodore 64, it's just a modern product trying to cash in on the famous name.

  3. Upgrades? by wjousts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the commodoreusa website:

    There’s nothing like it. At just 17.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, it’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer.

    So, in other words, it's a desktop that will be a colossal PITA upgrade and will probably use non-standard parts to get everything to fit. All the upgrade inconvenience of a laptop with none of the advantages.

    1. Re:Upgrades? by dingen · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, in other words, it's a desktop that will be a colossal PITA upgrade and will probably use non-standard parts to get everything to fit.

      Hmm... now that you put it that way, it kinda does resemble the original C64 after all.

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  4. The C64, an eulogy by zr-rifle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since it will be some time before I get to see the good old C64 mentioned on the Slashdot first page, I'd like to say that Jack Tramiel is the unsung hero of the personal computer, even more than Steve Jobs in this regard. He advocated a computer 'for the classes, not for the masses'. By driving down the retail price and selling the C64 in toy stores and Walmart, he created a broader market and introduced a lot of low-to-middle class kids, who could not afford the Apple II or the Macintosh, to the joys of computing.

    By sparking the low-cost microcomputer revolution of the eighties, he prepared a whole generation to the modern digital age.

    Jack Tramiel's Wikipedia entry.

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  5. Re:Riding the back of nostalgia. by plague3106 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And this is why your generation sucks at programming.