Members girevik Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 ...with today's hardware: http://www.commodoreusa.net Cost looks pretty low, can run Windows, Linux, and Commodore OS software, is only slightly larger than a laptop.... I can't tell from the specs if its internal drive is solid state or disk-based. If it's the former, this could be an awesome VST host for live usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 It uses Atom processors, might as well just by a netbook for less. Also, for the price that they're asking, a mac mini blows it away. It's cool that they're releasing these, but they're overpriced for what they are and everyone knows that if you want to make music, you need to wait for them to release the new Amigas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 No SID chip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 It's cool that they're releasing these, but they're overpriced for what they are and everyone knows that if you want to make music, you need to wait for them to release the new Amigas. The new "Amigas" are just middle-of-the-road HTPCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 So, what's next? A re-release of the Fairlight? ... oh, wait a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 The new "Amigas" are just middle-of-the-road HTPCs. The thing that really amazed me about those Amigas is that they're marketing them as home entertainment center computers, yet the case alone has 3 80mm fans. Add on the graphics card and CPU cooling fans and there is no way I would ever want to use that as a media center computer. They should really be looking into innovative passive cooling designs instead of making a "pretty" case and filling it full of off the shelf components. I can't imagine that Commodore is all that quiet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted April 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 It uses Atom processors, might as well just by a netbook for less. Also, for the price that they're asking, a mac mini blows it away. It's cool that they're releasing these, but they're overpriced for what they are and everyone knows that if you want to make music, you need to wait for them to release the new Amigas. The mighty Korg Kronos runs on Atom processors, so I wouldn't view Atoms as a negative. $595 for a C64 is less than $699 for a Mac Mini, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The groin Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 Wow... So it wasn't an April's fools joke? No SID chip? Even though I've never never touched let alone played a single C64 game I've been fascinated by the sound the SID chip makes for ages. Luckily I do own a Sidstation but it would be nice with a 8580 (or even a new revision) chip to make music with, too. And why is the Amiga 2000 larger than the 3000, btw? I do see a use for this device, though. If it weren't for the fact that I already have an Asus EEE and if I didn't use my TV for, well, watching TV while I use my EEE, this would've been a great thing. Actually...what's the price? Can't find it on their site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 The mighty Korg Kronos doesn't have to run windows in order to run virtual synths. $595 gets you a Commodore 64 with an Atom dual core 1.8 GHz cpu, 2 gigs of ram, a 160 gig HD and no mention of an optical drive. At that price there is no way that that is an SSD either. $699 gets you a Mac Mini with a 2.4 GHz core 2 duo cpu, 2 gigs of faster ram and a 320 gig HD. Now by no means am I saying that Macs are cheap, but if this Commodore is in Mac Mini price territory with lower grade specs then I can guarantee you that there are cheaper versions of the same hardware as this Commodore if not faster for less money. Also, the Commodore only comes with Ubuntu, if you want to (legally) run Windows, add another +/- $100 to that depending on the version of windows you want to use. Not my idea of a good deal and who knows how the chipsets they picked are going to work with audio interfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Franz Schiller Posted April 8, 2011 Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 That's pretty cool. Doesn't surprise me though. There actually is also a modern Atari ST being made, called the Firebee, by a non-profit collective in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted April 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2011 The mighty Korg Kronos doesn't have to run windows in order to run virtual synths. Neither does the C64, if you stick to Linux on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 No SID chip = FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 No SID chip = FAIL. Pretty much, that's what I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 At $595 there is no optical drive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Pretty much, that's what I think Ditto. For the price of having a SIDstation that would have seriously pumped up the value for money. And you'd have a SID chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Very cool looking but kinda underpowered, even the top of the line one, does not come with Windows and it's expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Too bad only Apples will run OSX. This would be an attractive option for a "kids" computer. Brings me back to the good old days when I was eight and I had an Atari 800xl with the big old floppy disks. Man I wish I could play Mastertronic's "Ninja" on my MacMini. [video=youtube;ab0yR01O-n0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 They're praying on our fond memories of the past. This new Commodore 64 is the Jupiter 80 of the computer world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caligvla Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Keyboard was always too high ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McHale Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 They're praying on our fond memories of the past. This new Commodore 64 is the Jupiter 80 of the computer world. At least it's not made by Roland so we can't declare it a failure just yet. Soon I imagine though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted April 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Ah, it does not have a solid state drive. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Ah, it does not have a solid state drive. Oh well. Easy enough to crack it open and replace it if you really wanted to. I've already upgraded my 2006 MacMini with a 7200 RPM Hitachi HD (and a 2.33Ghz Core 2 Duo up from a 1.5Ghz Core Solo). I've been wanting to replace the Hitachi with a 40GB SSD from OWC. They're like $100 and supposedly give you much better performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 At least it's not made by Roland so we can't declare it a failure just yet. Soon I imagine though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 You can put any drive you want in the $250 barebones model. I'm considering this - really disappointed its not a real C64 with SID chips - but it looks so cool! also Apple doesn't want you doing it but you can put MacOS on many PCs by doing a hackintosh. It even works on netbooks (not well on mine apparently) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Man I wish I could play Mastertronic's "Ninja" on my MacMini. Can't you?http://www.atarimac.com/atari800macx.phphttp://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-ninja_3714.html and this may give you happy joy feelieshttp://c64i.com/toplist/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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