CES 2011 Thread

**mrcrusty** · January 06, 2011, 05:32 AM

Just a placeholder more than anything for the Consumer Electronics Show 2011.

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new product announcements. CES rose to prominence after COMDEX was canceled.

There's probably like a million and one new products being released or unveiled here, including the possibility that Microsoft will use the CES 2011 to official announce and show off Windows 8.

So, I'm going to try and keep all the major announcements in this thread. Will be updated during and after the actual show with... well stuff.

**karamazovmm** · January 06, 2011, 10:26 AM

I should point out as always the lappies that are coming out:

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...=sony+vaio+ces

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...ndy+bridge+ces

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6003

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...s+2011+preshow

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...slate+notebook

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5997

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...ebook+graphics

(will do as soon I sort out my cellphone bill, Im thinking Im going to say to al quaeda that they fornicate with pigs, make ala cartoons and piss on them, and that they said the every terrorist mother makes yogurt better than their camels)

**Jaketh** · January 06, 2011, 10:27 AM

ah Windows 8, cant wait to get my hands on a beta

**Saturn** · January 06, 2011, 10:50 AM

The question is, what could Windows 8 have over Windows 7 to justify purchasing it? I honestly feel like the only things I've been getting out of each new version of Windows is a new GUI and updated DirectX.

**Jaketh** · January 06, 2011, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Saturn

The question is, what could Windows 8 have over Windows 7 to justify purchasing it? I honestly feel like the only things I've been getting out of each new version of Windows is a new GUI and updated DirectX.

operating under the pretence that Vista never existed(better that way) Windows 7 is a massive improvement over windows xp in more then just GUI, hopefully windows 8 will be just as revolutionary

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 06, 2011, 11:37 AM

Last year I got the CES thread.... too slow this time

I'm looking forward to tablet PC announcements. I'm itching to buy one, but so far the offerings have had pathetic battery life.

**Jaketh** · January 06, 2011, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

Last year I got the CES thread.... too slow this time

I'm looking forward to tablet PC announcements. I'm itching to buy one, but so far the offerings have had pathetic battery life.

i already have a Droid X and a pretty good laptop so tablets are pretty useless for me since a tablet is a mix of both

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 06, 2011, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Jaketh

i already have a Droid X and a pretty good laptop so tablets are pretty useless for me since a tablet is a mix of both

I have a touchscreen PMP with a full internet browser and a netbook as well (I sold a laptop I bought back in July for $800 due to lack of use) But I've always wanted a 12" fully touch controlled computer with good battery life just for the novelty of it

**karamazovmm** · January 06, 2011, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

Last year I got the CES thread.... too slow this time

I'm looking forward to tablet PC announcements. I'm itching to buy one, but so far the offerings have had pathetic battery life.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 07, 2011, 12:48 AM

If they make em' any thinner we won't be able to see them. My ZuneHD has an OLED screen and the color contrast is far beyond LCD panels. Now in 31 inches of epicness for the first time.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Jaketh** · January 07, 2011, 02:32 AM

i want a Panasonic Lifefwall

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/70...mpaign=TheFeed

**DisgruntledGoat** · January 07, 2011, 02:26 PM

I'm salivating over the Asus Eee Slate right now. I've been waiting for something like this for a while.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 07, 2011, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by DisgruntledGoat

I'm salivating over the Asus Eee Slate right now. I've been waiting for something like this for a while.

Weight, price, and battery life are all pretty bad unfortunately. I don't see the point of a tablet if you can only use it for 3ish hours at a time.

**DisgruntledGoat** · January 07, 2011, 02:56 PM

I think the price is quiet reasonable considering what you get out of it. You'd be hard pressed to find a laptop with the same specs (minus the touch screen) for much less.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 07, 2011, 03:12 PM

Are we talking about the same thing? $1,100 for the 64GB version. It only has intel graphics, not even Tegra 2 or some other graphics accelerator.

I've seen laptops that out spec that in ever possible way for $700.

**DisgruntledGoat** · January 08, 2011, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

Are we talking about the same thing? $1,100 for the 64GB version. It only has intel graphics, not even Tegra 2 or some other graphics accelerator.

I've seen laptops that out spec that in ever possible way for $700.

You're forgetting its a Core i5-470M, thats an 64GB SSD and it has 4GB of DDR3. So I doubt you have seen laptops that outspec it for $700. A core i5 in a laptop will run you $700 minimum. Throw in the SSD and the 4GB of DDR3 and you are pushing $850-$900 in a laptop. And that laptop doesn't have the touchscreen. And its not a crappy touch screen either. The wacom tech in the pen, thats would a couple hundred just on its own. The price is SPOT on.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · January 08, 2011, 11:33 AM

No, that i5-470UM is a 1.33Ghz. Dual core.

$630 14" screen, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, Intel HD graphics, i3-370M 2.4Ghz. dual core CPU with hyperthreading. Longer battery life as well.

A 64GB SSD is worth about $105 where a 500GB laptop HDD is worth $60.

$630 meets or exceeds the tablets specs on everything but an SSD and a touchscreen. It has a DVD burner worth $30ish dollars that the tablet lacks as well.