Commodore USA announced its intention to launch a modern version of the legendary C64 all-in-one keyboard computer. Now the company has revealed an exclusive licensing agreement with Amiga Inc. that should result in the company releasing upgraded Amiga-branded machines. As well as a technical overhaul, the new computers are to be fully compatible with the updated version of the AmigaOS operating system.
The new Amiga-branded all-in-one has a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512MB of onboard memory, a 2TB HDD and 4GB DDR3 RAM. There’s even mention of a Blu-ray optical drive placed where the floppy disk drive would have originally sat. Commodore USA’s CEO Barry Altman, says, “The legacy of the Commodore and Amiga trademark brand, reunited once again after so many years, and our reintroduction of the legendary All-In-One computer keyboard form factor, combined with the twenty five year anniversary of the introduction of the first Amiga computer by Commodore International, is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
The company has also announced full compatibility with the open source update to the AmigaOS operating system, AROS. No more information has been released at this time.
