HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Do Commodore fans have anything in common to guide new products?


And if so, what might that be?

What sort of new product would they like to see the new Commodore make?


  👤 taylodl Accepted Answer ✓
I think Commodore needs to figure out who they want to be. The Commodore 64 was one of the best-selling computers of all time and offered many video and sound capabilities that were unparalleled. Ditto for the Amiga. What did these machines have in common? They were comparatively inexpensive computers for the everyday person, not business.

Apple used to market computers "for the rest of us" and created machines geared more towards creatives. They've largely abandoned that market and nobody has swept in to take it. That market aligns well with Commodore's legacy.

I would also focus on machines for the tween market, i.e. 8-12 year olds. The Commodore 64 introduced many of us to computing. Make a simple machine these kids can use and have fun with. Even better, "lego-ify" it and make it a machine they can build!

What we don't need - another Linux box with a UI looking like it came straight out of the 80s. We don't need that nostalgic, kitschy crap. We need real machines for today addressing needs others have abandoned or never even developed.