The 80's are making a comeback-- Commodore USA launches a new version of the classic C64, looking just like one remembers, complete with beige-gray body and chunky keyboard.
Of course the innards are new, as it carries a 1.8 GHz dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor, NVidia Ion 2 graphics card and 2/4Gb of DDR2 memory (as opposed to the original's 64k).
Instead of cartridge and joystick ports customers will find HDMI and USB ports, with DVD/blu-ray drives as an additional option.
The machine ships with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS as OS, although nostalgic users will be happy to know it also contains a C64 emulator and classic game package. Meanwhile Commodore USA plans to update other classic Commodore machines, including the VIC-20 and the now-legendary Amiga.
Go Commodore 64
