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Computex 2002 Day 3: Mobo ennui affects mobo makers

06:00 - Wednesday 5 June 2002 by Omid Rahmat

1. It's Hot And Muggy
2. ALI's K8 Chipset And HyperTransport For The P4
3. ASUS: The Complete Program
4. Triplex, A Veteran From Taiwan
5. Leadtek Wins Awards

The day started off hot and muggy, and stayed that way. No air attacks. No earthquakes. Skyscraper still going up. Not a submarine in sight. All's well on the Computex front.

Ooh, now this is the coolest thing I've seen. A wraparound TV with its own Burger King. I want one of these for home.

Unless you count the first two signs of The Apocalypse that suddenly appeared during the course of the day.

Signs Of The Apocalypse

First sign is the pernicious use of the Riverdance DVD as a demo title to show off everything from LCD TVs to Surround Sound speakers. Riverdance, for goodness sake! The booths are gripped with the kind of mass hysteria that only an Irishman in leather trousers could engender.

Riverdance!?

The second sign was the sudden, and shocking, demise of the Nvidia mascot . Mascot Dude seems to have melted away in the heat. Shocking labor practices, or a sign from the depths of Hades? You be the judge.