Commodore Has A Netbook, Too

Author Hugo Jobling
Published 2nd Sep 2008
Commodore Has A Netbook, Too
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There's probably someone reading this who isn't sick of hearing about endless netbook releases from yet another company, and if you're that person, Commodore's UMMD 8010/F is the product for you. Adding to the range of gaming PCs launched last year, although almost certainly not by the same company, the system carries the styling and name, if not the gaming heritage, of its predecessor.


The specs are oddly enough, in line with every other netbook out there, so it hardly seems necessary to list them, but here we go anyway:

  • 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor
  • 10in screen (unspecified resolution, almost definitely 1,024 x 600)
  • 1GB RAM
  • 80GB hard drive
  • Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth
  • VGA output
  • Three USB Ports
On the Commodore UMMD 8010/F's plus side is its frankly awesome retro styling, unfortunately associated with a price that sounds several years out of place for a machine of its specs - namely some $600. Sadly running a Commodore 64 would probably be preferable to a VIA processor, which will make that price tag hard to handle.

Nice try Commodore, but no cigar.

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Comment Francesco Mastellone said on 2nd September 2008

The VIA C7 setup ain't half bad - it's slightly less powerful than an Intel Atom, but it makes up for that in the graphics side. Still, the price is rather high. What a p... more

Comment ilovethemonkeyhead said on 3rd September 2008

make a unique netbook - i hope somebody will (dual core, mobility radeon HD3200, 1280 by 800 screen)

somebody?

Comment Craig Turner said on 3rd September 2008

Nice retro look, but not convinced by those specs! As much as I like VIA, using one as a central cpu in a laptop is a no-no for me.

Didn't HP use this cpu and i... more

Comment Xiphias said on 3rd September 2008

Are you sure you're not thinking of the Via Nano Francesco?

To my eyes the styling on this looks more like Macbook than Retro, but then I never owned a C64.

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