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Everyone is talking about Palm’s dramatic resurgence at CES…well they aren’t the only beloved company back from the dead at Vegas this year. Commodore, the company that made the PCs that introduced many of us “veteran geeks” to the wonders of computing presented several new Netbook models (not shown at right) at the show in an effort  to make a splash again in the home computing and mobile markets.

Commodore is releasing the F and J series in the standard Netbook space, and the smaller M series in the student/entry level range. The devices aren’t going to cut any ice as far as innovation, running VIA chips and pretty ho hum specs. I however would be happy to buy one just for the sake of reliving memories connected to the Commodore name, and I bet a lot of other people will feel the same.

Check the specs after the jump.

The F and J series have 10.1-inch screens and are nearly exact spec wise, but the F series is styled differently with a smaller keyboard, intended for the consumer market. The J series is more business focused with an E-Sata USB port and a larger keyboard. According to the data sheets from Commodore they both use VIA chips, though I have seen reports that they will also be available with Atom chips.

Beyond that, the specs are as follows:

• 1 or 2 GB internal memory
• 160 GB hard disk,
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Three USB ports
• Windows XP

On top of the F and J series, the M series is designed for schools with 7-inch screens and two models. The M-450 runs Windows XP or CE on a RDC 800Mhz CPU with 512MB DDR, 4GB SSD, WiFi, Web Cam, standard 80 keys keyboard and touchpad. The weaker M-400 runs Linux using Intel’s Xscale 366 Mhz CPU, 128MB memory and a IGB SSD.

I am thrilled to see Commodore back in the business. I would love to buy one just for playing Hunt the Wumpus. Now if I could only find a Radio Shack TRS-Netbook, it would make my year.

(Source – Tom’s Hardware)

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).