Tablets, mini-PC’s, and All-in-One’s have been at many of the suites we visited this week, especially those who produce components to go within. There is no doubt this is a rising market, and it’s overlaps into the desktop realm as well, where small form factor builds are becoming more popular. Our tour began in a neighboring suite of the Venetian with Gigabyte’s offerings in the tablet realm.
Written by: Adam
Pictures by: Wes
First up was the S1082, which uses the same body we’ve seen before but has had a refresh: Windows 8, Celeron processor, and a larger capacity hard drive. Those familiar with this design will recognize the mouse stick on the right, and the left/right click buttons on the left side of the frame.
Also on exhibit was the convertible ultrabook, which swivels into a tablet-like position to lay flat. Just as the S1082 before it, this ultrabook comes equipped with a full range of ports including VGA, this model managing to maintain the ultrabook form even with the larger VGA output.
The highlight of the show for Gigabyte, as it was explained to us, was the S1185, which is a very light weight tablet PC that comes with a detachable magnetic keyboard. The tablet itself also has an integrated kickstand and the same frame as the S1082. It will come equipped with a maximum of 256 SSD and 8GB of RAM.
Back to the other side of the hall, the Gigabyte motherboards were on display including the Z77X-U5TH, which has been out for awhile and features two Thunderbolt ports. Gigabyte will be releasing a BIOS update that will allow both on-board ports to be used for up to 4K display (up to 7680x1200).
Gigabyte also introduced the HD series of motherboards, a refresh that will eventually cycle out the D series. It is geared towards a value line, lacking some features of the higher end boards but does support three display outputs.
Lastly, the Slim ITX line was demonstrated, one for the B75 chipset and one for the H77 chipset. Gigabyte has been working closely with Intel to build towards a standard for hardware to use in All-in-One systems, which have largely been proprietary in the past.
Gigabyte also had a few case mod projects they had invited the community to design to use around the suites.
