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The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299 (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Feels a little pricey to be successful. A pity.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It’s an extremely niche product, to be fair. The general public was never going to buy it, and diehards will buy it at a premium price. When you consider the small manufacturing runs they’re probably planning, the price seems less ridiculous IMO.

I wouldn’t pay $300 for it, so I don’t claim it’s a “good value”, but I can understand from a mathematics of manufacturing standpoint why the price is something like that.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You can still get perfectly working original ones for less. Why would anyone want to spend more on a knock off?

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