Wood Contour's going to make your PC a woodie

We know you're seeking perfect uniformity in your life, which is why we know you're going to be really excited because you can finally replicate the experience of sitting in your Mercedes Maybach (we know you have many fine automobiles, but that would be the $360,000 Mercedes, remember?) at your home PC console: for between $5,500 and $12,000 US you too can upgrade that lowly beige desktop to an exotic wood (read: endangered rainforest timber) monitor, keyboard and mouse, which each take between six and fourteen hours of hand carving to produce from single whole blocks of wood. We were going to go for Mahogany (pictured) but we thought the better of it, and now we can't decide between Chocobolo, Amboyna, and Thuya. Probably whichever will inspire the least amount of eco-guilt.
   
[Via bookofjoe]

[Kommander Djin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

Just a note to relieve some feelings of eco-guilt, this is from that company's site: "All wood comes from managed forests. We will not supply a system from protected wood."

[Timothy Latz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

I just got off the phone with the woman who runs their pr campaign and asked here a few questions about where they get the wood for their products. The company, based in Germany, only sells Forest Stewardship Council Compliant Products. When they use exotic woods like ambuyna or thuya they only harvest from the growths that occur on these trees, leaving the rest of the tree to stay alive..

Seems a bit of a luxury to own one of them, but well as they say, if you got it, flaunt it, but flaunt it green!

[Timothy Latz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

I just got off the phone with the woman who runs their pr campaign and asked here a few questions about where they get the wood for their products. The company, based in Germany, only sells Forest Stewardship Council http://www.fsc.org Compliant Products. When they use exotic woods like ambuyna or thuya they only harvest from the growths that occur on these trees, leaving the rest of the tree to stay alive..

Seems a bit of a luxury to own one of them, but well as they say, if you got it, flaunt it, but flaunt it green!

[Dark Knight @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

"Mercedes Maybach" doesn't make any sense. Maybach was a very old car making company that used to make what are called "Superlimos." They stopped making cars in the (I believe) 1940s. Recently Daimler-Chrystler bought the rights to the brand and started making the cars again, but not under the Mercedes name.

Saying "Mercedes Maybach" is like saying "Mercedes Jeep."

[Eric Rolph @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

This is the single finest post I've yet read on Engadget -- you kick gizmodo's ass.

[Andrew @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

Looks like it belongs in a library

[Rekutyn @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

Mercedes Jeep /was/ entirely possible during WWII when several companies were making the Jeep design (including Chevy and Ford). The Jeep was engineered for the military then the design was reproduced by several auto manufacturers until the military decided on the final supplier which eventually turned into the Jeep we know today.