Saturday, April 9, 2011

The resurrection of the Commodore 64

Nobody would think of buying a Game Boy. However, it will miss the first computers. Console makers have been getting increasingly better products. Democratized Commodore home computers in the United States and Europe. His breakthrough was the Commodore 64, launched in 1982. Only 12 years later the company declared bankruptcy.

At that time, PCs with Microsoft operating system won the battle at home. So disappeared the ZX Spectrum. However, the nostalgia for their games and all in one unique design. The keyboard had, and has in its new edition, with all the sound controls. In his resurrection appears concuatro USB ports and SD card reader.


Commodore USA announced a year ago was to start producing these computers. Now everybody sends four different models. All with a processor similar to Intel's most advanced minicomputers, HDMI output to connect your monitor or TV from home and connecting through wifi or LAN. Prices range between 412 and 621 euros depending on whether you opt for 160 gigabytes of storage and a terabyte, 2 or 4 gigabytes of RAM, and DVD recorder or Blu Ray.

2.0 BASIC instead of having the original computer, you can choose between Windows 7 and Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system.

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