ASUS clads notebook in bamboo facade
Its Bamboo Series targets the "green computing" market with power efficiency and recyclable components.
ASUS says it's embracing "green computing" with the announcement this week of its Bamboo Series of notebooks, with a real bamboo veneer covering most of the case. The Core 2 Duo-powered 12.1-inch model seems to be performance-geared with an NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics chipset and WiMAX support, while the 11.1-inch model plays up reduced-power features like its ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo U7600 CPU, low-consumption 1.8-inch hard drive, or available 32GB solid-state drive. Price points and release dates have yet to be revealed.
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Craig Wood
(10:59 PM on Fri Aug 29, 2008)
I think it is beautiful, and you could cut sushi on the cover.
The announcement makes a lot of claims about power efficiency as the reason that this and all of their current line of laptops is a Good Green alternative. Although they talk about bamboo as an eco friendly alternative material, I think it is mostly just symbolic.
Maryellen Blass (6:19 PM on Thu Sep 4, 2008)
Bamboo is a great wood for veneer. I had an extremely warp-resistant bamboo Post slide rule (what's that?) in college. But does this machine's veneer cover reduce the amount of metal used to make the case? Ah, there's the rub.
Carrie (2:55 PM on Sat Sep 6, 2008)
While I generally like bamboo products and appreciate that it's a renewable resource, this has that wood paneled station wagon feeling to me, which I can't say that I love.