Commodore's Amiga Mini

[iRetrOVolver]

What can I say.. I was first annoyed to see Commodore posting these dull cases (black) HTPC models and calling them Amiga.. then with Commodore OS Vision I thought.. hm.. lets see.. I heard (months earlier) about the Amiga Mini (like the Mac Mini) and even spoke to some folks at Commodore about it.. all very positive.. and today I saw it became real..

The Amiga Mini.. but.. wait.. WTF?!?!? $2495 for a system that in it's parts is just under $1050.. custom case? no!! it is an existing one but CTO so they engrave the logo's and add the 150% margin on top :nuts:

This is sick man!! Not sure what to say about this

 

[BritishGeek]

LOL I questioned a couple of things on their forums and the thread got deleted and then I questioned that and it got deleted too.

They say they are Commodore fanatics but I call B^%$hit.

Don't get me started again LOL

Oh and that $2495 is just a special. It will go up after the special.

Iain

 

[orb85750]

I don't care about the price, because I don't care about the machine. Someone tell these jokers that nothing about what they're doing is Commodore and nothing about what they're doing is Amiga. They might as well be selling DVD players and calling them Commodore -- OK, wasn't that already done by somebody?

 

[tokyoracer]

Goes to show how some things are best left dead...

Clearly theres a market for this crap and I know exactly the sort of person who buys it but I have said it so many times in the past i'm just tired to even start. I try and ignore any info with stuff like this.

 

[BritishGeek]

I agree. I started a post asking them why they left the graphics off the front of the C64X keys like the original C64 had and that post got deleted as well.

I am done with it too.

I don't care about the price, because I don't care about the machine. Someone tell these jokers that nothing about what they're doing is Commodore and nothing about what they're doing is Amiga. They might as well be selling DVD players and calling them Commodore -- OK, wasn't that already done by somebody?

 

[quarkx]

Why is there 2 threads of this BS? It's bad enough, just one, but now 2? and every time they "release" something, it the same garbage over and over.
-Sorry, but the insane BS of this is making my head hurt.

 

[cosmicfrog]

indeed lets not give them the press and accolaids they must crave, nothing remotely CBM about em unless of course its the money making/pinching side of things

wiser ppl would spend that kinda cash on a custom rig

 

[rkauer]

I get an idea: how about getting one of those ****ty black DVD players with even more ****ty games built-in and one or two joysticks and sell it as a CDTV for insane amount of cash?:idea:

 

[Renegrade]

....the Amiga Mini (like the Mac Mini)....$2495 for a system that in it's parts is just under $1050...

I think I've bolded the relevant parts.

These products are really more modern-Mac-like than Amiga-like.

A Mac Mini is just a $200-350 x86 PC laptop (depending on model) in a custom, badly designed case, special EFI rom, custom OS and no screen for $999.

Looking for specs, I also found this at T3.com via googling:

"The [Commodore-Amiga] company dominated the home PC market in the late 80s and early 90s with the much-loved Amiga 500, which introduced many of us to legendary games like Sensible Soccer, Street Fighter, Duke Nukem and Doom."

Duke Nukem? Doom? Uhh nice fact checking there, T3.com. Of those listed, I'd have to say only Sensible Soccer is an iconic Amiga game. Street Fighter was known most in the arcade, and Duke Nukem and Doom are (ugh) DOS games, and FPSes (double-UGH) to boot.

What about Alien Breed, Worms, Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast, Cannon Fodder, Turrican, Speedball, uh.. Firepower, Defender of the Crown, Carrier Command, Starglider, Frontier.. ah... and about a million platformers that I've forgotten.

Some of those were available on the PC, but often in EGA (ugh) or worse and with crufty adlib sound or PC speaker nonsense..

 

[quarkx]

....the Amiga Mini (like the Mac Mini)....$2495 for a system that in it's parts is just under $1050...

I think I've bolded the relevant parts.

These products are really more modern-Mac-like than Amiga-like.

A Mac Mini is just a $200-350 x86 PC laptop (depending on model) in a custom, badly designed case, special EFI rom, custom OS and no screen for $999.
.

Actually, the Mac mini starts at $600 ($599), but we get the point

 

[Wolfy]

Lol, as commodore as commodore can get... all about the $$$

 

[protek]

Computer for the classes, not the masses, eh?

@ Britishgeek: The CUSA forum seems higher moderated than China