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Title: Commodore 64
Post by: Soul Sojourner on April 09, 2011, 12:17:51 PM
Anybody see this?

(http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/a1/1a1f1dcab609f122d149076d7a1debdd.jpeg)

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...Now, nearly 30 years later, the Commodore brand has taken on new management and is re-releasing its flagship computer, this time with all the amenities of a modern-day computer packed inside...

...The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped up for the modern age. It comes with a 1.8 gigahertz dual-core processor, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. It runs the Linux operating system but the company says you can install Windows if you like. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900...

(http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/8/61/8618f1121b2ee8f3c5eec79f34253522.jpeg)

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112510/new-commodore-64-nyt

That's actually pretty sweet. I wonder how this is going to go over.
Title: Re: Commodore 64
Post by: 420 on April 09, 2011, 01:09:18 PM
Yeah I saw that this morning. Pretty funny, but without a matching retro monitor and mouse it would look really out of place on a desktop.

-420
Title: Re: Commodore 64
Post by: Soul Sojourner on April 09, 2011, 01:19:23 PM
I can just see 420 with an lcd display, taping around the edges of the screen and painting the monitor to match the computer.
Title: Re: Commodore 64
Post by: Mercy on April 09, 2011, 03:54:09 PM
I saw this, pretty awesome. If only they had an lcd monitor to go with it that had a classic monitor look lol.
Title: Re: Commodore 64
Post by: Mo on April 09, 2011, 04:22:08 PM
I'm going to pre-order the bare bones kit.