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Commodores return in dual-core format
Commodore paraded their new machines in Soho last night, along with two pizzas and a drinks bar.
The come back for the now-Dutch company is a flashy one, because each PC comes with a high quality paint job. The basic design of every Commodore PC will remain the same though, and this includes the case construction and noise insulating padding.
There are over 100 different paint schemes to choose from which cleverly get applied to the case in a vacuum to avoid bubbles forming.
The company will be selling machines through retail in the UK but it won't name the shops yet. There aren't a whole lot of retailers in the UK that could take it on (Dixons, Maplins, Stapples… Tesco?) but one retailer stands out like a sore thumb and where the shoe fits…
Apparently if you buy a PC in a shop that only has a Hello Kitty paint job (say), Commodore will send you a second set of panels with the paint job of your choice, avoiding the problem of limited stock.
Machines will be customisable but there appears to be four very specific ranges, dubbed C=g, C=gs, C=gx and C=xx.
The starter machine (C=g) costs £950 inc. Vat and includes a Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86GHz processor, nForce 650i motherboard, 2GB Ram, 250GB 7,200rpm hard disk, 550W PSU, an Nvidia 7900GS 256MB and Vista Home Premium.
This is hardly groundbreaking technology for the price, but the paint job looks great up close and LED lights sprucing up the box will draw in punters like no tomorrow.
Posted by Emil Larsen on June 28, 2007 | Permalink
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i have a core 2.6600 @2.4,and a 8800 640 mb and 2 gig of ram
2 raptors liquid cooling,and the usual stuff with 19 inch wide screen all for under £1000 commodores have some catching up, if want to get the gamer market.
Posted by: darren | 23 Aug 2007 16:38:36
i have a core 2.6600 @2.4,and a 8800 640 mb and 2 gig of ram
2 raptors liquid cooling,and the usual stuff with 19 inch wide screen all for under £1000 commodores have some catching up, if want to get the gamer market.
Posted by: darren | 23 Aug 2007 16:39:44
