My Garden is Green and so is my Asus bamboo laptop

December 13th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Technology

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In 1976, the first Apple was built in a simple wooden box. How fitting then, that 21 years later an OEM manufacturer for Apple is building a laptop in a bamboo casing.

Most computer makers use metal and plastic casing, but Taiwan’s Asustek is finding beauty in an eco-friendly notebook encased in bamboo. Asustek for those that don’t know manufacturers most of Apple’s laptops, to Apple design of course.

Dubbed the Asus Eco Book, it is encased in laminated bamboo strips available in an assortment of shades. Bamboo is touted as eco-friendly because it is an abundant, flexible, fast-growing grass. It is less likely to harm the earth to process it than compared to trees, although glues might contain toxins. The laptop is still in the prototype stage and will face testing on how it faces heat and drops. Asustek had an earlier experiment using leather. They had a laptop that hit the market with a line that catered to high-end users with calf leather-bound notebooks and faux alligator-skin models. Asustek found success with the line and decided to experiment with other materials.

Asus makes some pretty sleek laptops I must say. The U1F is a laptop I wouldn’t mind owning myself. There’s still time to send me one before x-mas. :o)