Gigabyte's M1305 ad campaign says docking a laptop is like picking your nose

External graphics cards may well be a rarity these days, but we're not sure if this simple fact justifies the launch of a grotesque and debatably heinous ad campaign. As you can so clearly see above, Gigabyte disagrees. In order to promote its Taiwanese M1305 CULV laptop cum external graphics card dock (housing an NVIDIA GeForce GT220 desktop VGA card), it released posters featuring a disoriented person poking his / her nose, each of which were presumably in the process of "doing some soul searching." Curious as to what these ads actually say? "How good is an expansion dock with integrated graphics card? Plug in a Gigabyte laptop and you'll find out!" Thanks, but no thanks Gigabyte -- we're currently preoccupied with flushing our memories of this visual disturbance you've just forced upon us.

Psst... two more posters after the break for extra raunchiness!

[Thanks, TheLostSwede]

[Rizzo Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:10PM]

OM NOM NOM

[yamfox Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:12PM]

@yamfox LAPTOP CUM, too!

[rdrr Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:14PM]

the bottom two ads are not committed to the pick!

[Needsahaircut Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:18PM]

@(Unverified)

I argree, very disappointing. The top guy should be in the MLNP.

[LloydChiro Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:43PM]

@(Unverified) LOL!
The second guy and the girl get no respect from me. What, their trying to maintain their dignity? If you're going to demonstrate a proper pick, you need to get deep in the nasal concha and pull a crusty one from the labyrinth, otherwise you are making a mockery of the art.

[Steve2000 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:49PM]

@(Unverified) The first guy looks like a nose picker; the other two, not so much.

[egghead Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:15PM]

@(Unverified):

Anyone else notice that the first guy is married and the other two are single? That, to me, explains why the last two aren't really picking their respective noses. The married guy doesn't care if people think he's disgusting, he already has someone on the hook. The other two will have to go on dates constantly wondering if the other person has seen the ads.

[Poop Chef Posted Dec 9th 2009 7:22PM]

@egghead

Good observation, you should be a detective.

[axerlzx Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:16PM]

Hope they pack 280 SLI

[Steve2000 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:17PM]

I took me a long time to be able to pick my nose without first poking my eye out.

[yulebellow Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:19PM]

At least they aren't comparing it to another appendage being inserted into a different kind of hole...not just a few times has the line between technology and sexuality been blurred when speaking of such things

[evilspoons Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:19PM]

The second guy just isn't trying at all...

[Steve2000 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:38PM]

@evilspoons

The first guy looks like a nose picker; the other two, not so much.

[EI8HT Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:23PM]

@yamfox
yeah...i saw that he said cum too
that should happen only when connected to the internet though

[yitao Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:23PM]

Clarification, the word for "dock" or "plug in" is the same as the word for "pick" (as in nose-picking) in this case. Somethings are lost in the translation. Probably won't change anyone's opinion of the ad tho.

[htd Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:25PM]

@yitao
weird, I didnt understand that part until you pointed it out.
plugin that dock is like picking nose... makes me think plug that dock is something dirty and uncomfortable, though I do it some time... better not to get caught doing it in public.

[Richard Lai Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:34PM]

@yitao I disagree -- the ad doesn't write "pick" (挑), just "plug" (插).

[htd Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:23PM]

the ads doesnt have any text abut picking nose, it looks disgusting to me though I like the idea of external video card for laptops.

[Godnah Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:27PM]

Dude, you got cum on your post...

[KAL326 Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:03PM]

@Godnah I loled
Were's the NSFW tag on "CULV laptop cum"?!?

[kojo87 Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:39PM]

@Godnah this is why im glad i took 3 years of Latin in high school

[tommy2468 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:28PM]

My first impression: Disgusting

Point is, it negatively got the tech world and engadget's attention. Well done to the marketing team.

[pff1029 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:30PM]

I get the "docking" idea. It really works for me, actually! Having strong intestinal fortitude for these things, I like it. But not only are those last two not even trying, the first one is just pressing and pushing up to make it only look like he's blowing out a left nostril. Commit, dammit!

[Aguiluz Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:34PM]

Oh, how easy it is!

*pick*

[SnoopyWG Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:35PM]

Stay classy GB...

[hiro256 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:40PM]

how fast is the connection to the docking station?

[sirphunkee Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:40PM]

"Even if you spend your whole day picking things, this choice will be easy"

"You don't have to dig deep to appreciate the benefits of an external laptop video card!"

"You can have much the golden nugget of docking station!!"

"...but we CAN help you pick your next laptop dock!"

"Fingers busy? Let our docking station handle the work for you!"

[duanes1967 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:48PM]

Ha - gotta give the first guy a thumbs up for doing what they asked!

[egghead Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:09PM]

@yamfox:

Latin for 'with' as in:
'cum laude' or 'with honors/praise'
'magna cum laude' or 'with great honors/praise'
'summa cum laude' or 'with highest honors/praise'

[jamiepgs Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:29PM]

So we know we shouldn't dock our laptops, because it's rude and unsightly, but we can't help it?

[EI8HT Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:02PM]

@egghead
the article, in case you missed it, is written in english...not latin
i was going to give you the english meaning...but i'll just have you google it instead

[Richard Lai Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:11PM]

@EI8HT Latin is still used in English too: id est (i.e.), exempli gratia (e.g.), et alii (et al.), et cetera (etc.).

[JeremyBenthem Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:15PM]

basically;
it's considered disgusting in society, but in practical use it makes a lot of sense

[Snacks Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:21PM]

The author of this article must not spend much time with people on the internet, or watch tv, or watch movies, or listen to the radio, or anything else that involves people these days if they think picking your nose is that bad of a thing to see on media. I think its great. Something simple everyone is used too.

[Richard Lai Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:25PM]

@Snacks Heh, you take our tone too seriously.

[youzer Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:44PM]

@Richard Lai
We know you pick your nose.

[Richard Lai Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:45PM]

@youzer So do I! :D

[paezbak Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:24PM]

thats just huge, man...

[Alslayer Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:28PM]

Uh this is probably the first laptop with a docking station that has a Desktop Video Card and all everyone cares about is the stupid ad?

Can I upgrade the video card? How much and when is it released?

[DrPepper Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:47PM]

@Alslayer Someone will likely find a way...

[JeremyBenthem Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:24PM]

@Alslayer
it's not the first, the Fujitsu Amilo has been out for a while

[glamajamma Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:30PM]

"ewwww gross, meh meh meh."

Whatever! Sometimes blowing into paper does not do the job!

YOU GOTTA DIG!

[bill cant fart Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:49PM]

Snot rockets look cooler.

[pk Posted Dec 9th 2009 7:11PM]

"How good is an expansion dock with integrated graphics card?"

You mean dedicated, yea?

[Richard Lai Posted Dec 9th 2009 7:13PM]

@pk No, they really said 'integrated' which is obviously confusing. They mean as in built inside the dock.

[someone Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:14PM]

I guess they are trying to say that their laptop is the right pick!

[DrPepper Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:42PM]

@EI8HT
I will assure you, that typing those three letters alone inside Google, does not reveal the Latin variant. The first three results are quite suggestive, so I have removed the necessary words to keep this safe for work:

1) *** on face, nasty ***shots, **** swallow, **** throats movie
2) ***.com : Free *** movies & pics - 50.000+ Galleries!
3) *** shot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm certain those have nothing to do with translation.
Now, type "cum translation", and you'll get the proper result.

[nkwang Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:00PM]

There's a fourth ad missing from this post, of a guy totally wrapped in bandages trying to pick his nose...

[nrkcubed Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:32PM]

First guy has a huge nostril..

[xconan Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:34PM]

men picking there noses are typical but women picking noses... shudder