Remembering Computex 2013: The Booth Babes

[timerwin63]

All the Asian-ness. I think I'll have to go to Computex next year.

 

[calguyhunk]

Just wondering as to how many of them even know what it is that they're holding up! 😱

The two chicks holding up G.Skill RAM modules prolly don't even have any idea what those are. I seriously doubt as to whether they had even heard of G.Skill ever before 😛

The same prolly applies to 90% of the 'booth babes' 😉

 

[growup]

I want all 3 from 27 to gobble on it like corn on a cob....😛

Girl in red from 26 is busty...me want now 😛

 

[daglesj]

I'm a red blooded male but I just find the whole booth babe thing a bit old fashioned and creepy. I feel its just predictable exploitation on both sides. No need for them.

Not to mention it's quite nice to be able to discuss a product with someone who wasn't given just a 30 second run through an hour earlier.

Booth Babes DO get old. Plus no more creepy guys taking endless pictures of them for god knows what use afterwards.

 

[vmem]

Objectifying women without even giving their names, backgrounds, or whatever it is they're there to promote. Good Job Tom's!

When looking at a slideshow of women that have allowed themselves to be objectified thru their career decision, the first thing I want is names and biographies.

Here I'll save Tom's the trouble - (Insert stage name here) is a dancer at the King of Diamonds. After a failed acting career she branched out of dancing to dabble in scantily clad public modeling. Her interests include sun bathing, hitting the club, and shopping with friends.... (copy and paste under each image).

Actually, a lot of booth babes are students out to make a quick buck after finals so they can have a fun vacation over the summer. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them are first or 2nd year IT students (can't get a nice internship yet). that said, I agree that when you choose to be a booth babe, you're saying "objectify me while I'm here on stage please!" I mean it's the whole point of the job (unless you want to look inside like Intel is suggesting)

 

[10tacle]

Some real hotties right there. I wonder what they think of white boys...

 

[SlitelyOff]

Thirty-Eight...must be a strange angle that I can't figure out for the picture. She either has an extremely large head and very long neck or the angle of the photographer created a very abnormal look. I am pretty sure it is the latter, but it is still confusing...otherwise I am sure she is pretty hot.

 

[thedonquixotic]

Objectifying women without even giving their names, backgrounds, or whatever it is they're there to promote. Good Job Tom's!

When looking at a slideshow of women that have allowed themselves to be objectified thru their career decision, the first thing I want is names and biographies.

Here I'll save Tom's the trouble - (Insert stage name here) is a dancer at the King of Diamonds. After a failed acting career she branched out of dancing to dabble in scantily clad public modeling. Her interests include sun bathing, hitting the club, and shopping with friends.... (copy and paste under each image).

Actually, a lot of booth babes are students out to make a quick buck after finals so they can have a fun vacation over the summer. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them are first or 2nd year IT students (can't get a nice internship yet). that said, I agree that when you choose to be a booth babe, you're saying "objectify me while I'm here on stage please!" I mean it's the whole point of the job (unless you want to look inside like Intel is suggesting)

Right, but that's the problem isn't it? They're doing it willingly sure, but the real objection is that these companies and tech press like Tom's encourage this kind of objectification. It's the overarching system that's the problem. It's why people still look at the tech press as being a bunch of immature nerdlings, because thinly veiled marketing ploys like this somehow... work? It's embarrassing.

 

[chuckclc]

I think out of all these pics there are only about 3-5 different girls.

 

[daglesj]

Man will this site ever get fixed with a decent design and usable comments method? I post on many many forums and Tom's is the most problematic and convoluted of them all. Not to mention the bizarre regional segregation.

 

[baab]

nice

 

[gamerguy23099]

Get it while it's still hot and available, boys.

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-4-PS4-Standard/dp/B00CMQTVQO/?tag=b0009-20

 

[Guest]

#33, will you be mine?

 

[aevm]

#35 and #38 are badly Photoshopped. Those heads are too big...

 

[babernet_1]

#35 and #38 are badly Photoshopped. Those heads are too big...

Good point. #35 seems to be right at the human limit of head to torso size. But #38? Come on, must be from Alpha-Centauri.

 

[doomtomb]

Honestly the girls aren't that pretty. Average looking.

 

[NoviceNob]

Pretty sexist Tom. Ya, guys like the pics, but what do these ladies really have to do with Tech? And it doesn't really matter "why" they have these jobs. Does it? Get with the times Tom!!!

I know, why don't you have a photo article on... lets say... the sisters and daughters of Tom's staff (it has just as much practicality as booth babes, they are associated with tech, right Tom). I'm sure there are some babes there; "hopefully". AND I know "your" subscribers would love to see your sisters and daughters posing. Cause that's what "your subscribers want... right Tom, otherwise you wouldn't have posted booth babes. Sheesh!

 

[ubercake]

Pretty sexist Tom. Ya, guys like the pics, but what do these ladies really have to do with Tech? And it doesn't really matter "why" they have these jobs. Does it? Get with the times Tom!!!

I know, why don't you have a photo article on... lets say... the sisters and daughters of Tom's staff (it has just as much practicality as booth babes, they are associated with tech, right Tom). I'm sure there are some babes there; "hopefully". AND I know "your" subscribers would love to see your sisters and daughters posing. Cause that's what "your subscribers want... right Tom, otherwise you wouldn't have posted booth babes. Sheesh!

You act as if the women posing didn't make a choice to do so. Hopefully, the sisters and daughters of Tom's staff think more of themselves than to objectify themselves. This is all a choice. Tom's didn't put these ladies there.

The fact of the matter is sex continues to sell. If it didn't, we'd see more ugly actresses starring in movies to promote a story and ultimately ticket sales. In a perfect world, the ticket sales would be equal whether the actress was butt-ugly or not.

Because men are attracted to beautiful women, these ladies are there to help a mostly male market remember good thoughts associated with a brand name and in turn sell more goods for the companies they represent. If it didn't work, we'd just see hunks of metal and wires sitting in booths, because that's all they'd need. Apparently, they've found the presence of booth babes seems to work out better for them.

 

[ubercake]

My favorites are 43 and 44.

I couldn't see them at first, since the slideshow doesn't work for me in IE9/Win 7, but the slideshow works in Firefox.

 

[babernet_1]

My favorites are 43 and 44.

I couldn't see them at first, since the slideshow doesn't work for me in IE9/Win 7, but the slideshow works in Firefox.

#43??? What the Hay? She's missing the top of her shorts or the bottom of her torso! Something wrong with that picture? Is Tom playing with us? Photoshopping these women?

 

[zpwslayer]

mmm nerd porn.... XD

 

[NoviceNob]

@ ubercake' quote:

I agree with you ubercake on your second and third paragraphs (mostly), but I feel you are incorrect on your first paragraph.

How do you (and so many others here) know IF these women even had a choice to be there? One guy (I thought he sounded like an idiot) says it's extra money for a vacation. That person doesn't have a clue and just made stuff up to support his interest. Maybe their family owes someone else, maybe their boss says do it or get fired, those aren't really choices. You don't really know, so you just guess; in favor of your interest.

Different countries have different ideas on women having choices. I thought it was interesting that you put these women down ("Hopefully, the sisters and daughters of Tom's staff think more of themselves than to objectify themselves."), then you support the article by voting for some.

Maybe in some countries, it would be a choice, but that's just a guess too. And Tom's did put these women there by creating articles supporting the exploitation of women, whether the women had a choice or not. Hell, Tom's doesn't know.

Whether the women were there or not, the same amount of guests would be there. But of course, I'm just guessing; in favor of my interest.

 

[babernet_1]

The fat, ugly women are going to file a lawsuit for this tasteless junk.

If you are going to be so self righteous about it, learn grammar.
😉

 

[kelmen]

is this a tech expo or babes expo? :\

 

[kitekrazy1963]

I felt like I just watched a middle school beauty pageant. They look very young.