Hi to all
Like most of the forum users, I presume, we have used or seen a Commodore 64.
Now, the United States, a group of businessmen, had the "brilliant" idea to buy back the Commodore and Amiga brand and produce a new generation of computer:
C64, Vic-Pro and Vic-slim, all in the case of C64 , reproducing the entire outer shell of the computer, including the original keyboard.
They are also thinking of doing the same thing with the Amiga line ...
The news might be interesting but, IMO, is bad: they use a modern hardware with Linux as the operating system and then there's the 'C64 emulator to use (the same as what they are thinking of doing for Amiga ...).
Then we go do not develop a new computer or a new operating system, but make it a simple act of marketing just to make easy money, as with the old Commodore machines, they have nothing in common.
Besides, are very susceptible to criticism.
I leave a couple of links to see the "new " products and "affordable" prices ...
To you the comment.
Official Page:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspxPrices of C64:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspxVic-Pro prices:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_VICProSelect.aspxVic-slim prices:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_VICSlimSelect.aspxP.S. they have maded a spot cross-promotion with Disney to the launch of the new C64 and Disney's Tron Legacy DVD and Blu-ray release
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Intro.aspx.