how many of us here remember the Commodore 64? if you're feeling nostalgic about this classic piece of (almost) all in one PC and wishing to have a modern rendition of it. well, your wish...

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how many of us here remember the Commodore 64? if you’re feeling nostalgic about this classic piece of (almost) all in one PC and wishing to have a modern rendition of it. well, your wish just came true, all thanks to Barry Altman, president and chief executive of Commodore USA. he purchased the Commodore trademark last September with the goal of reviving the company and offers a product that no longer exists.

so here it is, the 21st century Commodore 64 updated with today’s latest technology while maintaining the wholesome goodness look of yesteryear’s Commodore 64. the base model (C64x Barebones) is a barebone system with just the chassis, card reader and USB port, while the mid-range is the c64x Standard which is powered by an Intel Atom D525 1.8 GHz Dual Core processor on a mini-ITX mainboard with power supply. other specs for the ‘standard’ model includes the specs of the Barebones model plus 2 GB DDR2 667/800MHz memory, built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth, DVD RW tray drive, 250 GB hard drive and NVIDIA Ion2 graphic card with 512 MB DDR3 RAM.

the Commodore 64 will comes with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS OS on disk, ready for you to install. if for some reasons you still can’t live without Windows, you can install that too. the Commodore provides a graphical boot menu during the start up from which the installed Windows can be chosen to run. along with the Ubuntu OS, a copy of the Commodore OS 1.0 along with an emulation functionality and classic game package will mailed to buyers when they are available.

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prices for the Commodore 64 starts from $250 for the barebone model and run up to $895 for the top spec model. specs aside, i thought the Commodore looks pretty cool but at the same time, i find it kinda of odd seeing modern technology like DVD, USB ports and stuff on a retro-looking machine. then again, that’s where the appeal is, isn’t it? just hope your mum don’t mistaken it as the old PC she bought for you ages ago and dump it on your behalf.

Commodore USA via Geekologie / NY Times