CES 2012: What We've Seen So Far

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HiGHRoLLeR038

January 12, 2012 at 10:20pm

i was really disapointed with the lack of CES coverage provided by MaximumPC.  pretty much any other tech website has alot more information on the convention.  What's going on!?  I know you guys are all awesome writers, please report the news on CES (maybe next year)

Also, wheres the no-BS-podcasts?  seems like they come only every two months lately.  

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Eoraptor

January 13, 2012 at 12:45pm

Perhaps because CES is largely no longer a Computer or PC Specific event? Just look at thos pictures, almost all of it is smart phones and audio equipment, not computer-specific hardware or software news. It's one of the major reasons M$ is pulling out of the show after this year.

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Phrish

January 12, 2012 at 9:28pm

Any MPC home base booth this year at CES? Didn't see you in upper south hall when I walked through...

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Brechan

January 12, 2012 at 4:05pm

I'm sure there are a lot of folks here that love to see the newest tablet, TV, ultrabook, etc. But where are the slew of heavilty modded PC's?

With all the square footage that CES provides; there's got to be more to this show, c'mon this is MAXIMUM PC... where's the new GPU's, CPU's, water cooling components, CPU coolers, PC cases (all the stuff that we PC builders are really interested in)?

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kixofmyg0t

January 12, 2012 at 5:11pm

Sorry but their isn't alot of "heavilty modded PC's" at CES....never has been.

 

I can tell you this though. If MaximumPC dumped everything but strictly "GPU's, CPU's, water cooling components, CPU coolers, PC cases" I would cancel my subscription.

 

There is more to personal computing(you know that "PC" thing everyone likes to throw in the editors faces) than just the traditional desktop and laptop Windows only system.

 

Lighten up dude. It's not like you are losing "PC" coverage. They're doing all that AND more.

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RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS

January 17, 2012 at 5:03am

Uh, no they're not. They cut PC content to add all that miscellaneous crap. The magazine isn't getting thicker.

 

Anyone who thinks a phone is a replacement for a PC is a freaking iGeek tard.

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blkpanthr

January 18, 2012 at 9:57pm

i agree its not a replacement, however, it is computer technology, therefore it belongs here...

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Eoraptor

January 12, 2012 at 1:52pm

Slightly longer descriptions would be better please? not all of us have been slavishly devouring every tweet out of CES to know what all of these are ahead oftime.

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ashinms

January 12, 2012 at 1:25pm

Exodesk is a bad idea. I used to have an eyfinity setup that I gamed on on my glass desk. one day I wanted to add another screen for several reaons, so I bought a cheap nvidia video card ( dont remember which one) and placed the extra screen I had in my closet under the glass desk. Sounds like a good idea, right? Wrong. After having to windex the hell out of my desk on a daily basis just to see the icons, I finally decided on just leaving the screen behind the others on top of my speakers.

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bloodgain

January 12, 2012 at 2:17pm

While I agree that fingerprints will be a small issue to overcome, it won't be as drastic as your experience for several reasons:

1) You added a second glass *layer* over your screen. In the case of the EXODesk, the glass surface will be the screen itself. Having a 2-surfaced (top & bottom) layer in front of the screen, plus the air space the bezel would add, treats light very differently. You have to clean fingerprints off your smartphone or tablet every so often, but they rarely make the screen unviewable.
2) There are oleophobic coatings available for screens to reduce fingerprints. It is unlikely your desk had such a coating.
3) There are non-glare coatings available for screens. These reduce the visual effect of fingerprints in many cases.
4) It may not technically be glass at all. Different materials can be used for screens, many of which have less tendency to attract fingerprints.

I hate fingerprints on my screen as much as anyone (I wipe my phone off nearly every time I use it), but I'm going to give the EXODesk a chance before I write it off. The real question will be if I can try it out somewhere -- I need to demo a niche object like that if I'm going to drop $1000+ on it.

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Eoraptor

January 12, 2012 at 3:40pm

you know what my bane is with my touch screen? it's not fingerprints, cause those come off with a good microfiber cloth, it's SNOT! every sneeze or sniffle and splat, I get crusty spots on my touch screen. And I can't just windex the damned thing or I might damage the capacitance circuits, just the same way windex will wuin your tv through oxidation when it gets in around the bezel.

I don't care if my touchscreen is oleophobic, i want it to be mucophobic please and thankyou!

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methuselah

January 12, 2012 at 12:48pm

After my problems with the RAT 9 (hardware issues, crappy profile software and garbage tech support) I won't be purchasing another MadCatz product... Ever.

MPC - Delete the MadCatz pics and put in some quality Logitech products instead =D

 

By the way...  Who is Parrot and where did they suddenly come from?

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blkpanthr

January 12, 2012 at 1:50pm

Parrot has been around for a couple years...

They made the original AR Drone...

Looks like they are getting into puter stuff now..

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