My Big Fat Surprise
Who Wudda Thunk It!
Barry Atlman that's who, president of Commodore USA. He's bringing back the Commodore as an updated all in one PC. Simple, totally retro and very cool. If you're a geek you need one of these and if you think it's silly than you're not really geek material. Shame on you for pretending, poser. The Commodore comes with Linux, but can also be booted into 8bit C64 emulator on start up. You could also install Windows, but that really would be silly. Pricing ranges from $250 to $900 depending on whether you need a Blu-ray drive or all the Ram (of course you do). What's inside:
| PROCESSOR: | Intel® Atom D525 1.80GHz (Formerly Pineview-D) | |
| CHIPSET: | Intel NM10 (Formerly Tiger Point) Next-Generation NVIDIA ION Graphics (ION2) | |
| MEMORY: | 2 x DDR2 667/800 Single Channel DIMM slots (up to 4 GB) | |
| GRAPHICS: | Next-Generation NVIDIA ION Graphics Processor | |
| AUDIO: | Realtek ALC662 6-CH HD Audio Nvidia L-PCM digital audio (HDMI 1.3) can support 7.1 output with external decoder | |
| LAN: | Realtek RTL8111DL PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet | |
| STORAGE: | Intel NM10 2 SATA2 3Gb/s ports JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller 2 Internal SATA2 3.0Gb/s port with RAID 0, 1, JBOD. | |
| FEATURES: | - ACPI S3 Compliant - ECO-design for EuP Standard - 12 VDC jack on back panel for external power supply - Dedicated DDR3 512MB Graphics Memory Onboard - Premium DirectX 10 graphics with advanced digital display connectivity - PureVideo™ Full 1080p HD video and Blu-ray playback - NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology to accelerate the most demanding applications - Premium Windows experience with Windows Vista and Windows 7 | |
| ONBOARD I/O CONNECTORS: | | 1 mini PCI Express x1 Slot 1 Serial header (RS232) 4 SATA2 3Gb/s Connectors with RAID 0, 1, JBOD functions (SATA#3,#4) 2 USB Pin Headers for up to 3 additional USB 2.0 Ports 1 8 bit GPIO header 1 CIR header 1 9-pin Audio Connector 1 Front Panel Connector 3 Fan Headers 1 4-pin Power Connector |
Not bad for computer that fits into a keyboard. True it may not blow away your $20,000 gaming rig, but that's not the point of a very cool retro PC that you don't have to build yourself. Units will start shipping out at the beginning of May so order yours now. Check out the website Commodore USA website here, because they've also brought back the VIC and are bringing back the Amiga.