Is this the next MacBook Pro?
A beautiful laptop. I'd buy one.
Back in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the
Apple I, an early personal computer that consisted of a circuit board in a
simple wooden box.
Apple and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan’s Asustek Computer is finding potential beauty — and sales — in an eco-friendly notebook PC encased in another natural material: bamboo.
The Asus Eco Book, as it’s dubbed, has a case made of laminated bamboo strips available in different shades.
Apple and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan’s Asustek Computer is finding potential beauty — and sales — in an eco-friendly notebook PC encased in another natural material: bamboo.
The Asus Eco Book, as it’s dubbed, has a case made of laminated bamboo strips available in different shades.
While just about all big computer makers are taking
steps to make technology more environmentally friendly, Asustek is one of the
first to unveil a bamboo-encased
computer.
“If it does get to the point where we do find a model that meets all the engineering requirements and allows green computing, we will release it,” the company’s Chronis said. “Everybody loves the Eco book. It’s a beautiful computer.”
The headline is only half in jest. Who else would have the impudence to offer this as a mainstream option?
“If it does get to the point where we do find a model that meets all the engineering requirements and allows green computing, we will release it,” the company’s Chronis said. “Everybody loves the Eco book. It’s a beautiful computer.”
The headline is only half in jest. Who else would have the impudence to offer this as a mainstream option?
Posted: Fri - December 14, 2007 at 06:16 AM