Commodore 64 gets reboot - the hipster computer is born!

[lunarpollen]

No, it is not full of fail.

Tight jeans, trucker hats, and Pabst Blue Ribbon all thrived before the modern day hipste existed as well, and we all know hipsters love to wear tight jeans, trucker hats, and guzzle PBRs. Thats the POINT of being a hipster.. to steal an outdated idea that thrived many years ago and pretend its your own!!

But...

(a) The C-64 has not been embraced by hipsters in general.
(b) This new one may not be embraced by hipsters, because of its price, and because it's really a very modern machine despite its appearance
(c) The original C-64 was very cool in its day. It was soon outclassed by newer and better (and more expensive, at the time) machines, but it was great for what it was. However, PBR has always been a bad beer. And most fashions embraced by hipsters always sucked (the ones that didn't suck have been turned into something that sucks via improper application and/or alteration).
(d) The point of being a hipster is to cultivate an air of pseudo-quirkiness via ironic consumption of bad product and/or exuding false nonchalance. They rip off concepts from both retro and recent trends and badly adapt them to their own use. They are the universal poseur (i.e., every scene and subculture has had its own particular brand of poseur, but the modern-day hipster is the ultimate one-size-fits-all generic poseur)

 

[Rune Bivrin]

So, what's the difference in concept between a Commodore 64 v.2011 and a Fender Jazz '62 reissue?

 

[MakiSupaStar]

But...

(a) The C-64 has not been embraced by hipsters in general.
(b) This new one may not be embraced by hipsters, because of its price, and because it's really a very modern machine despite its appearance
(c) The original C-64 was very cool in its day. It was soon outclassed by newer and better (and more expensive, at the time) machines, but it was great for what it was. However, PBR has always been a bad beer. And most fashions embraced by hipsters always sucked (the ones that didn't suck have been turned into something that sucks via improper application and/or alteration).
(d) The point of being a hipster is to cultivate an air of pseudo-quirkiness via ironic consumption of bad product and/or exuding false nonchalance. They rip off concepts from both retro and recent trends and badly adapt them to their own use. They are the universal poseur (i.e., every scene and subculture has had its own particular brand of poseur, but the modern-day hipster is the ultimate one-size-fits-all generic poseur)

Ah, I see. An aspiring hipster are we?

 

[spade2you]

Ah, I see. An aspiring hipster are we?

Pssshhhh. Way before it was even cool.

 

[RosieB]

SpyHunter and Frogger? Hmmm...nostalgia only goes so far...

 

[mpdd]

dungeons and dragons anyone? cassette tape games were quite the rage back then

 

[Etienned]

Coco 2 > commodore

I miss those radio shack Basic programming guides filled with errors.

To copy 700 lines of code only to get a syntax error is the very definition of learning how a computer works.

 

[kesslari]

So, what's the difference in concept between a Commodore 64 v.2011 and a Fender Jazz '62 reissue?

Moore's law.

 

[machine gewehr]

Coco 2 > commodore

I miss those radio shack Basic programming guides filled with errors.

To copy 700 lines of code only to get a syntax error is the very definition of learning how a computer works.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

So, what's the difference in concept between a Commodore 64 v.2011 and a Fender Jazz '62 reissue?

One of them will get you laid.


The other ones' for bass players

 

[Gomeztool]

So, what's the difference in concept between a Commodore 64 v.2011 and a Fender Jazz '62 reissue?

Thanks I was waiting for this.

 

[DblG]

Zork anyone?

 

[WalterBush]

So, what's the difference in concept between a Commodore 64 v.2011 and a Fender Jazz '62 reissue?

MODEL:Commodore 64xPROCESSOR:Intel® Atom D525 1.80GHz (Formerly Pineview-D)CHIPSET:Intel NM10 (Formerly Tiger Point)
Next-Generation NVIDIA ION Graphics (ION2)MEMORY:2 x DDR2 667/800 Single Channel DIMM slots (up to 4 GB)GRAPHICS:Next-Generation NVIDIA ION Graphics ProcessorAUDIO:Realtek ALC662 6-CH HD Audio
Nvidia L-PCM digital audio (HDMI 1.3) can support 7.1 output with external decoderLAN:Realtek RTL8111DL PCI-E Gigabit EthernetSTORAGE:Intel NM10
2 SATA2 3Gb/s ports
JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller
2 Internal SATA2 3.0Gb/s port with RAID 0, 1, JBOD.FEATURES:- ACPI S3 Compliant
- ECO-design for EuP Standard
- 12 VDC jack on back panel for external power supply
- Dedicated DDR3 512MB Graphics Memory Onboard
- Premium DirectX 10 graphics with advanced digital display connectivity
- PureVideo™ Full 1080p HD video and Blu-ray playback
- NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology to accelerate the most demanding applications
- Premium Windows experience with Windows Vista and Windows 7
ONBOARD I/O
CONNECTORS:1 mini PCI Express x1 Slot
1 Serial header (RS232)
4 SATA2 3Gb/s Connectors with RAID 0, 1, JBOD functions (SATA#3,#4)
2 USB Pin Headers for up to 3 additional USB 2.0 Ports
1 8 bit GPIO header
1 CIR header
1 9-pin Audio Connector
1 Front Panel Connector
3 Fan Headers
1 4-pin Power Connector


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The Fender '62 reissue didn't come with updated anything...that was kind of the point. The Commodore x64 looks like a reasonable computer at only a slightly inflated price for someone looking to access the internet and get some multimedia functionality, along with their nostalgia fix.

Though, my memories of the Commodore 64 mostly consist of frustration at peek and poke commands that made little sense, and wishing that my school's Commodores were as easy to use and fun to play on as my Apple IIc or my dad's IBM AT.​

 

[billhilly66]

I am sure hipsters will love this. Hipsters love to take anything that hasn't been cool in the past 25-30 years and pretend that they are the only ones cool enough to use it... examples?Trucker hats, snap button western-wear shirts, pabst blue ribbon, miller high life, white cloth belts, iron on shirts, etc.... Hipsters= lame.

Wait, pearl snap shirts went out of style?

 

[bassbrad]

I'm not a hipster but think it's a pretty cool idea (dude, he said cool) I still recall the fun of the C64 and other early 'puters. Those old 8 bit games would look wicked on a 50"!

 

[L-A]

Pff, hipsters were using it when it was the Commodore 32.

 

[capnsandwich]

OH SNAP!!! Time to get my Dig Dug and Spy Hunter on again. This time I don't have my parents limiting my time with video games. ALL NIGHT LONG BABY!!!

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

I like it. It's cool in an 80s retro way, but personally I'm more interested in this new line of Amigas that are on their site - looks like they're aiming them towards the HTPC crowd, but they've missed a trick there - they should be targetting them towards the hardcore gamer crowd who buy Alienware stuff.

I'm a major Amiga fanboy - it was the best computer in the world in the late 80s, and it took years for the PC to catch up - they were still in CGA territory when the Amiga came out!

And I don't think there's any chance of the hipster crowd picking up on it - as far as 80s tech goes, they're all about Nintendo. 80s computers are far too nerdy for them.

 

[rob2966]

The new C64 doesn't have the cursor graphics on each key anymore..oh well.

Can you still load a program with:

LOAD "*", 8, 1

(that's right, no cassette drive for me )

Later
Rob

 

[fdeck]

The hipsters won't touch it unless it runs iOS or has a big Apple logo.

Just saying.

I have fond memories of the C64. A company that I worked for used C64's for machine controllers.