There's still plastic covering much of the floor, and most of the booths are half-built. Even in this disheveled state, I can tell this is going to be an impressive event.
Forklifts move hundreds of pallets across the floor.
Microsoft has built an entire living room to showcase its new home products. Today is reserved for press and exhibitors only, but already the Las Vegas Convention Center feels packed to the very gills with people. The folks here are less nerdy than I'd imagined, and although there are many more men than women here, there isn't the dearth of female geeks I had expected. The press has arrived in droves. The free food goes fast, and all that's left are the press kits.