Asus Ecobook - Bamboo Casing

[aphex]

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49288082-1,00.htm

Can they really call it eco-friendly when they had to chop down bamboo to make it?

 

[Scouzer]

That's what I thought when I read it.

Ridiculously dumb idea, IMO.

 

[IEC]

Bamboo is like grass... cut it down and it'll just spring back up. It's not like a tree where the growth time is much longer...

 

[corkyg]

Sounds interesting. As was pointed out, bamboo is an extremely fast growing plant in the tropics, and this may provide additional jobs and income for those in a developmental mode. I just got some laminated bamboo cutting boards for the kitchen, and a bamboo strip floor mat for my office computer chair. The latter is much tougher and better looking than the plastic mats and decidedly more eco-friendly.

Laminated bamboo is very lightweight and tough - extremely strong, and non-conductive. I say it is much more eco-friendly than any plastic or metal.

Bamboo grows unbelievably fast in the tropics.

 

[dahunan]

I want one of those keyboards.. looks nice

 

[AmigaMan]

it's a nice looking, albeit gimmicky laptop. It's still too bulky for my tastes.

 

[IlllI]

gimmicky is right. its just some thin bamboo panels on top of the typical plastic shell.