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  • silverblue - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    I'm loving the retro feel; I wonder if another classic computer will get such treatment?
  • JediJeb - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    Would be nice if someone would do the same for the Atari series. 800 or 800XL would be nice, I wonder if I can retrofit the 800XL stashed away in my closet. Though I would probably opt for one of the AMD Fusion processors to further lower the cost.
  • silverblue - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    That's the ticket. The Dragon 32/64 are also ripe for it... maybe even the BBC Micro?

    I just thought how good my Saturn case would be for an HTPC, or at least as the inspiration for one.
  • Lord 666 - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    I would want mine in an Apple IIC chassis.
  • Paul Tarnowski - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    Heh, that just gave me the idea for putting some modern innards in my old A1200 case. But Llano instead of one of the Es. I want some gaming ability. Or wait until Ivy Bridge comes out and see how the graphics does on it.

    And to think I had last thought about putting the innards of the A1200 case into a tower (I didn't only because I just got a PC).
  • SlyNine - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link

    Or my packard bell computer. jk..
  • Googer - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - link

    APPLE II
  • Freddo - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    I really want one of these as a HTPC, but they are a bit too pricy for that unfortunately.
  • frakkel - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    Come on! It is not even silence!

    I remember the c64 so clearly and i remember it as silence.

    Now more than 20 years after and we have added noise. Is that called progression?
  • Freddo - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link

    Yeah, if I ever got this as a HTPC, I would get the barebone model and use an energy efficient fanless CPU like the Intel Atom.
  • softdrinkviking - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link

    too expensive to buy on a whim.

    and no good as a HTPC

    It's too small inside, and requires a wireless keyboard to use on a couch, and would be awkward to fit in a stereo cabinet.

    the only use for this that makes sense to me is a dorm-room / bedroom PC that is used from a desk. for someone who really, really loves C64.
  • ol1bit - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link

    On Ebay!

    Much cheaper:

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/Commodore-/74945/i.html?_n...
  • HollyDOL - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link

    Hmm, was there more various models of C=64? As far as I remember mine it was all gray and keyboard layout was different too..
  • tja790 - Sunday, November 13, 2011 - link

    What a great idea. Why didn't I think of that (repeated by a multitude of others) myself. Just for the fun of if. An Atari 800 with a I7 brain. Make it happen! Where is Nolan K. Bushnell? ;-)

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