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    Default New Commodore Computers!!!!

    Don't call it a come back!! ;P

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    Holy shit that's awesome. I'll have to check to see if they're still quality machines, but I think I know where I'm getting my next laptop from.

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    although its good to see them back its really nothing special. just anouther pc.

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    Did they ever manage to sell any of their totally overprized PC towers?

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    Commodore just isnt special anymore. They are just netbooks.
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    Default Oh boy.....

    Let me guess:

    Cheap, generic Chinese notebooks with Commodore name and logo stamped on for 25-cents. Forgive me if I fail to get excited.

    Also, forgive me if I buy another disposable Toshiba or HP, since they've both proven reliable and were always bought when the feature/price ratio was extremely favorable.

    How I do enjoy the Commodore 64 now, though!!!

    I'm surprised some unscrupulous reseller hasn't tried tacking the Atari name on a cheap, substandard Chinese game PC; I'll bet they'd get a deal on licensing the name, if "Atari" hasn't been sufficiently poisoned yet.

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    problem is its hard to be special any more unless your very small and expensive or really massive. This new setup seems pretty blah compared to stuff like falcon northwest's mach v alienware's notebooks or voodoo/hp's blackbirds firebirds and envys.

    I believe they're best bet and where they seem to be doing well (currently or a while back they weren't even selling here) is in europe

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    This suckers got awesome specs:
    64 KB RAM
    20 KB ROM
    8 bit processor @ 1 MHz
    40 column text mode

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    Quote Originally Posted by c0ldb33r View Post


    This suckers got awesome specs:
    64 KB RAM
    20 KB ROM
    8 bit processor @ 1 MHz
    40 column text mode
    That's the only Commodore laptop I'll ever buy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom View Post
    Did they ever manage to sell any of their totally overprized PC towers?
    I think that was the last owner of the Commodore namebrand. I think this is an 'all new' owner that's going to sell laptops :P

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    This is about the third time a company has bought or licensed the Commodore name and slapped it on some mediocre modern PC product. It has literally nothing to do with Commodore other than licensing the name.

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    the netbook market is the perfect place for amiga os4. these should have it and they dont.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notsonic View Post
    the netbook market is the perfect place for amiga os4. these should have it and they dont.
    Exactly! A Commodore laptop that runs windows is just another laptop. I think it would be nice to have a third competitor to Apple and PC. More competition will = more innovation.
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    Commodore != Amiga Inc. So really they couldn't.

    Still, it'd be a hell of an option!
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    Holy crap. It's been a while.

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    I will not be getting a Commodore Laptop.

    I don't like laptop computers because I have to use my fingers or my hand as a mouse. I don't like to use my fingers or my hand as a mouse because I had major problems doing them due to my hand and eye coordination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notsonic View Post
    the netbook market is the perfect place for amiga os4. these should have it and they dont.
    So...why not get one of these and put o/s4 on it?

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    OS4 requires a PPC based chip (which these are obviously not using). Also, the OS is locked into the hardware made for OS4 so unless it's licensed, it doesn't work (though there are ways around it I'm sure).

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    If the price is right, I'd probably consider picking one up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by icbrkr View Post
    OS4 requires a PPC based chip (which these are obviously not using). Also, the OS is locked into the hardware made for OS4 so unless it's licensed, it doesn't work (though there are ways around it I'm sure).
    I know there's a way around it where you can run OS4 on one model of the Mac Mini, but I don't remember which one.

    If only these had OS4 I'd be preordering right now...

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    Maybe if it's reasonably and competitively priced, an HP Mini 1000 can have 260GB of HDD space and 2 GB of RAM, and it's $280.

    When do they go on sale?

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