It is expected to be a real gamers PC running Windows (not a console) sold primarily in Europe.
You can either attend the CeBIT this week (Mar 15) to see and play with the new boxes or you can see what is happening at http://commodoregaming.com/
Commodore to Introduce "High Speed Gaming PC"
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The new PC's are out and they some of the most powerful computers in the world. The come with "c-kins" (prono "skins"). There are a few dozen to choose from; below are some samples.
The XX Model is the top of the line with these fantastic specs:
Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processor QX6700: 2.66GHz 8M Cache
ASUS® P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI motherboard
2x 150GB 10000 RPM SATA Raid 0 and 1x 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Raid 1 hard drives
4GB Corsair® Dominator 2xTwin2x2048-8500C5D memory: 1066MHz
Philips® DVDRW optical drive
1000W ICE Cube power supply
Creative® SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
2x NVIDIA® 8800 GTX 768MB graphics cards
Pricing has not been announced but you can rest assured they will be premium bucks.
They are currently only available in the UK but this will change.
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What the critics of C= Gaming are missing is Geography.
The new C= Gaming is UK based. No one of note, is building Alienware quality boxes on a large scale in Europe today.
There is nothing that Vodoo (which was started in the next house over from mine in Calgary, in case anyone cares) and Alienware build that you could not build yourself. What they have going for them, is the effort to test advanced configurations and put them into cool looking cases.
In the same way the Dell and IBM brought black to PC's, and Vodoo and Alienware brought expensive cases into vogue, C= may popularize "wrapping" PC's with skins.
Also, now that Dell and HP have consumed these interesting companies, there is a great likelyhood they will diminish in relavance.
I personally think that C= has about a 50% chance of making this a viable long term business. However the cost creating this business is very low, and the rewards could be high. As such I think this is a solid business decision and I wish them well.
The new C= Gaming is UK based. No one of note, is building Alienware quality boxes on a large scale in Europe today.
There is nothing that Vodoo (which was started in the next house over from mine in Calgary, in case anyone cares) and Alienware build that you could not build yourself. What they have going for them, is the effort to test advanced configurations and put them into cool looking cases.
In the same way the Dell and IBM brought black to PC's, and Vodoo and Alienware brought expensive cases into vogue, C= may popularize "wrapping" PC's with skins.
Also, now that Dell and HP have consumed these interesting companies, there is a great likelyhood they will diminish in relavance.
I personally think that C= has about a 50% chance of making this a viable long term business. However the cost creating this business is very low, and the rewards could be high. As such I think this is a solid business decision and I wish them well.