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so hey guys we are here inside pay we just finished Computex 2013 this is the last day that I'm here and so we want to do a little recap but what happened in our pre-show analysis so we talked about aim these come back aim D vs. Intel we talked about Firefox tablets and thunderbolt and of course Windows 8 so where is gonna be so let's just start off with aim d vs Intel there strive towards mobile chipsets where what did we see here at Computex yeah so both companies and their keynotes wanted to showcase their mobile offerings for an the at CPU they want to make your APU available on the PC platforms as you found out now in on the gaming consoles and also in mobile consoles platforms rather yeah for Intel Haswell which was the highlight of their keynotes that's on Tuesday I started the show I it was how pasmo can work on mobile platforms as well as really claim has a very low power draw it has a very low heat pattern and it'll be perfect for tablets and mobile platforms so both companies are pushing for mobile things arguably asked well is an EPO by any other name it's an SOC it's taking cues from AMD which is fun to see because for a while it was the opposite Intel would set the conversation for mobile chips and do a follow up with that continue on with aim these come back I mean they really you know what they were almost in bankruptcy just a couple of what the year ago that's right yeah so now that aim these really shown us that they're very aggressive in the gaming market in the gaming world again pushing towards the APU and APU is being integrated not just on mobile machines but also on the desktop so that was actually quiet fun to see now speaking out with Windows 8 where was Windows 8 well Windows 8 premiere in 2011 at Computex Windows RT so that's Windows 8 on arm platforms was supposed to be Microsoft saving grace that was been put the windows ecosystem on the growing mobile platform so when those on tablets windows on smartphones so and so forth however the problem is it wasn't at Computex yeah aside from Microsoft booth on the third floor of one of the show halls there weren't any Windows RT platforms at the show there was me those eight platforms but they were on x86 not Artie Artie wasn't at the show it was a no-show so moving on Thunderbolt we've pulled up with Thunderbolt with Intel also when to talk to USB USB guys so where is Thunderbolt well Thunderbolt came out on the PC platform last year Computex so it's been a year since the first came out in the in that time they've announced its follow about 2.0 it still is the fastest connectivity platform out there it's designed for high end stuff so you know high-end computers high-end devices like cameras this drives and also 4k monitors the problem is though it's not making the splash on the PC platform we didn't see that many mobos with Thunderbolt on it it's a niche platform Intel says they like it that way they want to contain they want to have that high ends high margin premium side of the markets the problem is though USB can easily scale up and try and conquer that they can easily create USB 3.5 or 4.0 which has the compatibility of prior years B devices and that market share and take on Thunderbolts high speed high margin high power it's nitch now moving on Firefox tablet so we we mentioned that in our pre-show analysis we were excited to see it we were hoping to see it was Firefox also in those show like when those eight maybe Firefox were supposed to debut a tablet at Computex this year with Hong hi a odm from China but we couldn't find a keynote for that on the show schedule we looked and we looked who can find anything eventually we saw a guy with Mozilla bag and I asked him you know is there gonna be a keynote and launching of a Firefox tablets at Computex he didn't give me a straight answer that perhaps maybe I'll let you know and give me his business card aside from that chance encounter I could not find a Firefox tablets on the show floor and that was it let's transition to some of the cool things that we saw on the show ground well starting off with some of the cases so in win had amazing really interesting and unique cases on the show ground like the towel the mirror case you have a lot of views got a lot of comments about it everybody's excited but problem is it's $700 right so but then again you're thinking that a lot of people are spending five ten thousand dollars in their hardware right so spending a thousand dollars on the graphics card then why not spending $700 on the case right it's something that will house all your expensive components of course it's a - to each their own but it was a cool thing to see Leanne Lee has a lot of new cases coming out all aluminum and we also visited their factory so that was a quite cool thing to see first-hand experience on how and where the cases are made the Rose will rise was a really cool product again it's giving us the full tower capability in the mid tower package and also of course their Corsair is known for their cases so it was awesome to speak to George about their air 540 and their new 330 are again really cool things from coarser also another cool thing that we noticed in the show was that companies are expanding into foreign territories so so big Phoenix a case company manufacturing headphones so where did that come from now g.skill a memory company expanding into headphones and it actually seemed like it was a memory company looking to when you're looking towards expansion in the gaming market and starting with the headset it was actually I think it's a pretty bad idea because they were very bulky uncomfortable very poor audio quality now across the floor we also came up with some knockoff which was pretty interesting yeah we saw a few companies from the mainland they were what's called ODM original device manufacturers and they had a one computer in particular that looked a lot like a certain Mac computer I believe the new iMac as you see here that is 9mag it's not yeah but it ran windows I mean it looked a lot like an iMac yeah it had the same sort of design and form factor as an iMac but it wasn't it was a cheap knockoff we looked at the build quality it was terrible UBC I bought glue from hot glue gun or something on it yeah it looked like garbage it was probably full of cancer-causing chemicals now also we got a lot of comments from from our viewers when we spoke with Roseville because the Roseville representative their global VP was there just happened to be there when we were interviewing some of the guys for the cases so we wanted to shoot a video with him and his enthusiasm and his really really aggressiveness was infectious but it was also a great case of you know marketing vs I'll give the guy props for his enthusiasm and his power but isro's well in the clunker the world's will be all scream rose well when we game I don't think so no speaking of loud and boisterous people here is a clip free love booth babe shows we saw at Computex take a look so now you guys saw some of the booth babes but we also want to share a day in a life of hard knocks covering the event well that is for complex 2013 guys it's been a really fun show Sam has been an excellent colleague and the cameraman here it was awesome to meet you men we hope you guys enjoyed our coverage stay tuned for more videos and next time you see me or more more hear me I'll be behind the camera making more review videos for you guys please thanks for watching and see you guys on the channel