The Commodore 64 is back.. Maybe.. Not really.. Kinda

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Christian Liendo <christian_liendo at yahoo.com> wrote: Here's an inside pic: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/commodore-computers-make-a-return-this-y… I think these will be a flop. What OS will they run? Windows? Linux? The new AmigaOS? What would really be neat is take some middle to high-end modern hardware with high end graphics and sound hardware, and write a new minimalist OS similar to the AmigaOS from scratch in machine language with as little extra crap as possible. Unfortunately, I think no one but people like us would buy it though, and for cheap once they abandoned it. Back in the 80s, there was apparently a lot of low hanging fruit as far as the hardware was concerned. That is, it wasn't technology that was holding hardware back, it was dinosaur businesses and market politics. This allowed a no-name to come in and create something truly 10 or more years ahead of the competitors. Now, it's different. The technology and hardware costs are the limiting factors. It would be practically impossible for a start-up or a resurrected commodore to create a computer that's really 10 years ahead of everything else. And for that reason, commodore is really just creating another PC clone in what is these days an awkward form factor, while trying to use nostalgia and that quirky form factor as their main selling point. Back then, no one did music, graphics, and video editing as well or at all. Now, everyone does it. Without a killer-app like desktop video was... destined for failure. brian