Commodore Begins Taking Pre-Orders For Revamped C64 Units
From the archive: published Apr 6, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Are you ready to start rocking your next Commodore PC? The company on Wednesday announced that they are now taking $595 pre-orders for their upcoming C64 unit.
The new system provides customers with a 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Atom D525 chip, while providing a NVIDIA ION 2 GPU. Also included is a 160GB hard drive with 2GB RAM. Essentially users are buying a netbook without the display or if you’d rather a desktop without the tower.
The company says the units will also offer premium features which includes upgrades for 2 more gigabytes RAM, a Blu-Ray drive and up to 1TB storage. Users can also grab 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
If you don’t want a bulky “Retro” keyboard such as the one show above, the company has also introduced the VIC-Slim at $395, although specifics are not quite forthcoming.
Commodore promises to begin shipping pre-ordered units by “early June” 2011.