[DC LoCo] "I say that everything old is new again" -- Peter Allen

[Kevin Cole]

Meet the new Commodore 64
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/meet-the-new-commodore-64/2011/04/07/AFoIvuwC_blog.html
Posted at 05:20 PM ET, 04/07/2011
By Hayley Tsukayama

[Image: A screengrab from Commodore's Web site]

A question for those in the market for a new computer: Have you
considered the Commodore 64?

Yeah, you read that right. Commodore recently started pre-orders for a
reimagined version of its classic computer — first introduced in 1982
— featuring all new guts. The computer is compatible with Windows and
ships with Ubuntu. Commodore will mail it’s own OS, Commodore 1.0 and
a classic game package to customers when available.

The company offers five models priced between $250 and $895. The $250
version is aimed at modders; it’s just the case and a card reader. The
next model up, for $600, includes a 1.8Ghz Atom dual core CPU, and
NVIDIA Ion2 graphics card, a 160 Gb hard drive and 2 Gb of memory.
More expensive models include options like a terabyte hard drive, a
Blu-Ray drive and wireless.

Let’s be honest, though. No one’s getting this based on the specs
alone. For new Commodore 64 buyers, it will be all about the
nostalgia.