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Eco-friendly bamboo laptop

Posted January 02, 2008 9:33 AM

From Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women:

Gadgets that do their bit for the environment and also manage to score well in the looks department never fail to get my approval. The latest in that honours list is the eco-friendly notebook dubbed as "Eco Book" from Asustek. Plastic casing has always been criticized for its damaging effect on the environment, and since harvesting bamboo causes less strain on the environment than processing wood from trees, it emerges as a better "natural" choice.

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01/03/2008 11:51 AM

Reminds me a bit of George Gobel's take on the electric guitar - he said he tried a gas powered guitar instead, but he couldn't use it outdoors because the wind kept blowing out the pilot light. Actually, it's quite nice looking, will probably outlast most plastic, protect as well as most metals, and it is "the new black" - green, that is. As mentioned, it'll be pricey, which strikes me as odd, but I guess that's where fashion marketing goes to work.

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01/04/2008 8:59 AM

That looks really cool.

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01/04/2008 9:18 AM

Yeah, and if history is any judge, you in Europe, and those in the far east (Japan, Singapore, etc.) will have access to them a couple of years before they're available this side of the ponds. So I encourage you, and all of the other posters here from Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, etc. to all rush right out and buy one for each of your family members immediately. That way, by the time I can actually buy one, I'll be able to afford it, because the price will have been driven down.

Good plan, huh?!?

(And Kris called me "devious" for posting an accurate quote from Hamlet! Hah! I'll show that nut magnet some devious...)

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