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Commodore's big beige glory days may be long past, but the familiar name is still out there kicking (such as it is), lending its considerable cachet to an array of otherwise unremarkable devices. Now the company appears to have decided to bring things back a little closer to its roots, prepping a new line of Commodore-branded PCs aimed at gamers, pitting them against the well-established likes of Alienware and VoodooPC. Unfortunately, there's been no other details whatsoever announced, with Commodore Gaming CEO Bala Keilman only going so far as to say that the PCs will deliver "what gamers need and want." It looks like we won't have to wait too long for the complete rundown, however, with the company promising to reveal everything (including playable systems) at CeBIT on March 15th.
I remember back in the day the Commodore 64 was awesome, until we got a 486 then that was awesome. I wonder what will make Commodore computers different from what is already out there like Alienware, XPS, and Voodoo. Like if they are going to have custom made parts for everything or if they are even going to use Windows?
from what I've heard they'll be using intel core/quad processors. nvidia graphics cards and corsiar memory, etc. Only thing that will be different is a sexed up case which will reflect 'culture' and 'urban lifestyle'
Only thing that will be different is a sexed up case which will reflect 'culture' and 'urban lifestyle'
Its pretty different for commodore, dont you think.
Its nice to see an old name come back, and you could say nothing new about any new PC
Its not the old same Commodore compnay, just the name thats worth $22 million.
Wikipedia wrote:
Escom paid US$14 million for Commodore International, primarily for the Commodore brand name. It separated the Commodore and Amiga operations into separate divisions and quickly started using the brand name on a line of PCs sold in Europe. However, it quickly started losing money, went bankrupt on July 15, 1996, and was liquidated.
In September 1997, the Commodore brand name was acquired by Dutch computer maker Tulip Computers NV. Tulip's ownership was little more than the answer to a trivia question until July 11, 2003, when Tulip announced it would re-launch the Commodore name, including new Commodore 64-related products...
...The Commodore brand name resurfaced in late 2003 on an inexpensive portable MP3 player made in the People's Republic of China by Tai Guen Enterprise, sold mostly in Europe. However, the device's connection to Tulip, the legal owners of the name, is unclear.
In July of 2004, Tulip announced a new series of products using the Commodore name: fPET, a flash memory-based USB Key drive; mPET, a flash-based MP3 Player and digital recorder; eVIC, a 20 GB music player; and the C64 DTV.
In late 2004 Tulip sold the Commodore name to Yeahronimo Media Ventures for €22 million [1]. The sale was completed in March 2005 after months of negotiations.
Commodore Gaming was formed to reintroduce the brand to the booming gaming PC market, after jointly aquiring the Commodore name with Commodore International Corporation in 2005. [2] . At the CeBIT 2007 show in Germany, four new gaming geared PC's were introduced; named Cg, Cgs, Cgx and Cxx. These are described as ranging from an entry level gaming PC to an “extreme specification model”. Each machine running Windows Vista with customization from a range of high end components and peripherals.
Commodore Gaming: Wikipedia wrote:
C-Kin is the name used by Commodore Gaming for it distinctive design of individual PC cases to give them a bit of personality rather than the standard black or silver case that you would find in most stores. Commodore Gaming also has a library of almost 100 designs that consumers can have painted on the case of their machine. Eventually it hopes to encourage customers, artists and others to submit designs that can be painted on PCs.
Having a C-kin on your Commodore PC is not like having a tattoo; you can renew it at any time to fit your mood and occasion, simply by changing your C-kin. Our accessible and ever growing online image library will span a wealth of specially selected art: from gaming concept art and film stills to paintings, street art, exclusive colours and art photography.
A spokesman for the company said there would likely be limited edition machines to go with new launches of games.
Pretty nice extreme gaming machine really, a little like an alienware (best to build your own, buying the name and style etc)