Could it be that geeks prefer to gawk at the sleek edges of a new motherboard rather than the curvaceous outlines of a booth babe? Ashton Mills investigates.
It's been said that booth babes have been on the decline at recent tradeshow events, signalling perhaps a shift in the mindset of the technical public. Could it be that geeks finally prefer to gawk at the sleek edges of a new motherboard rather than the curvaceous outlines of a babe at a booth?
As. If.
For Computex 2005, at least, barely clothed beautiful young women were in abundance promoting everything from motherboards to monitors. ATI hired a legion of girls to walk around the outside of the Computex halls all day, every day, while NVIDIA made their digital siren of an avatar real in large numbers, to charm passers by with their, er, accelerated features.But all vendors were in on it, from MSI and VIA through to AMD and Shuttle. In fact, looking at the Shuttle girls in their small-form-factor skirts I couldn't help but think of their products in a new, albeit tightly fitted, light. Somehow, the presence of the booth babes made the small sleek metallic machines that much more attractive. Or maybe that's just me.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012