Commodore USA announces a new PC (C64)

[Demon Cleaner]

Check it out:

http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html (http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html)

[Phantom]

It will run AmigaOS (from the slide on the site)? Via WinUAE? :huh2:

[Buleste]

There was something like this proposed a while ago but I think they called it Amiga I think. Basically it's an unxpandable PC that looks like shit and is either prone to overheating or noisier than a stoned Amy Winehouse.

[Harrison]

I'm sure the images are identical to a similar system proposed a while back.

It is just a laptop with the screen removed and integrated motherboard graphics in its place. Probably at a very high price.

Also has anyone heard of CommodoreUSA? The only company I know if that officially holds the Commodore name and logo for commercial use is www.commodoregaming.com, who have been making some very nice gaming PCs for a couple of years now.

[Demon Cleaner]

I know that Commodore USA is still trying to get the authorization to be able to use the logo.

[Buleste]

There's probably companies all vying for the seperate names like Commodore International, Commodore Europe, Commodore USA, Commodore Decker etc...

[Buleste]

I've found the original website (http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/).

http://www.cybernetman.com/images/product_images/zpc/zpc_9100_photo.jpg

[Harrison]

Identical. Just another company trying to cash in on the retro revival.

[Demon Cleaner]

I've found the original website.F**kers! You should confront Commodore USA with that, and ask them what all that hype is good for!

[Buleste]

I've just had a look at the images on both sites and if you take a close look at the Commodore USA site you can see where they've Photoshopped the Logo off :lol:.

[Phantom]

Totally suckers...

[Harrison]

So, as expected, the whole site is a hoax and the product doesn't exist.

I had extreme doubts when I looked at the site yesterday and instantly recognised the system design. And also looking at the system specs they are quite out of date by about 2 years. Anyone building a new PC would be using i5 and i7 CPUs, not low end Core2Duo's that are no longer available.

[Demon Cleaner]

Now they announced a new thing called Commodore Amigo, is this a hoax too??

http://www.commodoreusa.net/amigo.html

[Buleste]

I can't see why anyone would copy anything that ugly.

[Harrison]

Hmm... it is an interesting idea to create a PC in a keyboard form factor about the same size as a standard desktop PC keyboard, rather than the oversized A1200 style case design of the other design (which they are now naming Phoenix).

Is this Amigo design real? Who knows!

One thing that is interesting is the fact their site now seems to be working. When we first started this thread and discussed it, other than the images of the first system, none of the other links within the site worked or did much, and the ordering and price pages were broken. It now appears that everything on their site is now working, and they have a sales section working with paypal system (which would provide buyer protection if it does work).

However, at $475 even for the barebones version of the larger Phoenix system this is a very overpriced piece of hardware that I don't see many people wishing to risk purchasing and keeping their fingers crossed that it is real and will arrive and work.

Maybe the founder/s this Commodore USA company were really the original designers of the system they are now calling Phoenix, and it has just taken them this long to get it to market. I find that hard to believe, but who knows.

It would be very interesting to find some more information about this company, and if these products do really exist.

[Demon Cleaner]

Commodore Gaming disavows Commodore USA (and its decals)

Read this:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/commodore-gaming-disavows-commodore-usa-and-its-decals/

[Harrison]

:lol: So the company is a complete farce then, as we suspected. They have basically just re-marketed that old all in one keyboard PC that we know was designed at least 2 years ago, and trying to sell it as a new C64. It was never going to work, and we now know that don't even have the rights to the Commodore name or logo.

[Phantom]

That was a hoax from kms away. :lol: