I’ve not seen much news on the Computex show, so I’ve not seen many pictures. However, ExtremeTech has a nice little slideshow from the event which is worth a peek. There’s a mix of case designs, internal components, accessories, and of course “booth babes”. The above image of BenQ’s new mp3 player was the most interesting to me as it does seem to show that BenQ is at least trying to create their own look (when they’re not busy being heavily influenced by companies like Apple).

The unusual case shapes in that slideshow (am I the only one who thought some looked like plastic cosmetic cases you see at the dollar store?) reminded me of ExtremeTech’s 2005 Case Mod Competition (details here). The first weekly winner has been posted and is this hybrid desk-pc:

Okay. A little too niche for the mass market perhaps, but better than some of the stuff in that Computex slideshow. Obviously someone knows how to use shop tools. If only they knew how to use a camera to compose a nice photograph…